In the article “Lost in America,” McGray asserts that globalization is fruitful within the United States of America, but he is concerned that America won't take advantage of this merit. Because this article was published in a magazine in foreign policy in 2006, McGray assays to direct this subject to two particular cliques: Americans who have an interest in foreign policy and the education system. McGray believes that the problems lay in America's stubbornness due external problems outside the United States. He provides evidence of young Americans incompetence and apathy towards the rising complication. McGray intends to instill fear due to what will occur if America's classroom lags behind in education. This specifically draws the attention …show more content…
McGray utilizes a credible source to reveal the incompetence of normal American citizens. He knows that this evidence will surely catch the audience’s attention based on the simplistic nature these questions. Due to the nature of these questions, this will cause doubt in the mind of the education system. This allows the audience to understand his point without any sense of ambiguity. This rhetorical choice also improves his credibility as a writer so that the reader is informed during the article and find a common ground in his argument.
Repetition: McGray tends to emphasize “young Americans” and “globalization.” McGray implants these specific words to insinuate that they have a better chance of understanding the importance of other cultures when they are young. The audience knows that the future of their country is, literally, in the hands of young Americans. The repetition of this insinuated fact allows the reader to question the importance of these terms. This rhetorical choice is effective because it implores the reader join the sense of these words together in order to perceive the fear America would display without diversifying
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” This mantra from Margaret Mead is a somewhat humorous yet slightly satirical spin on how people tend to think of themselves as one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable human specimens. However, one English teacher from Wellesley High School takes this critique one step further with his polemic presentation at the school commencement. David McCullough, a Massachusetts English teacher, gave a seemingly somber sendoff to his graduates in 2012, with a speech that contained some unapologetically harsh sentiments. However, by looking past the outwardly dismal surface of the speech, the students can infer a more optimistic message. By incorporating devices of asyndeton, paradox, antimetabole, and anadiplosis, McCullough conveys to each student that even though none of them is unique, their commonality is not a fault they all have merit and should strive to view the world through a more selfless lens.
In Dave Barry's essay "Lost in the Kitchen" Barry shares his view on sexual equality through his own experience with his family on Thanksgiving. So Barry wants to share his view on this with the men in the world that he believes are losing their role as the top gender that has more responsibilities. To achieve this Barry uses an anaphora to show his audience that there is a shift between the two genders. By repeating the phrase, I Realize, Barry creates a comprehending effect that a change has surely happened. He knows that leaving his wife with many tasks while only having one and not doing a very good job at it is bad. He also points out that himself and Gene are like a pair of sitcom co-stars that just goof off and never doing anything productive,
Rather than progressing and remaining active for the betterment of America, the country continues to dwell in the past by surrounding itself with fictional stereotypes and overwhelming confidence. Krugman’s tone shifts to a more concerned viewer, as he stressed the importance of relying on factual evidence opposed to cultural biases. America’s formation of a French caricature inevitably backfires when statistical evidence (a chart) reveals about how untrue the nation’s ‘facts’ are about the employment rates in the European country. As shown on the graph, France’s employment rate has grown steadily over the years, while America’s rate has continuously declined, resulting in a substantial gap between the two countries. If America is not willing to improve itself as a nation and a world power, it will no longer be respected by the rest of the world. Its famous reputation as a world power would stripped, leaving it helpless and bare to harsh judgement and criticism of the Earth’s citizens. Although laughing and poking fun at a country’s past mistakes is comfortable and natural for America, it only proves of how distracted we are about the reality of America’s idleness. If we do not take ourselves seriously, who
If it was not apparent enough that America’s education system is failing, Michael Moore’s “Idiot Nation” openly explains to us about the truth. America, for being the richest country, is behind in the educational standpoint. America needs to rethink their standards when it comes to education. America is more focused on corporate earning than educating our youth. The author of “Idiot Nation” makes the reader think about how America is viewed in the world. The purpose of Michael Moore’s essay is to point out what is wrong with this nation and also give the reader the motivation to actually do something about the situation at hand. Moore is trying to make readers aware of where we send our children. The author is trying to shock readers with the facts to do something to improve the American education system.
Lost in America is a text on how the generations before us were set with a language barrier. Breaking this barrier could a have benefited us in countless ways. It starts from beginning to end, talking about how we begin to change our aspects for foreign countries. Douglas McGray states that students did not study abroad in the world war generations. America basically shuts its door on trying to learn different languages. This hurts us in the wars and foreign affairs. As time went on, this problem begins to get fixed and languages begin to enter the “American,” language. He writes “Lost in America,” with the experience and knowledge through other people. Every person learns through two ways: Through Experience or someone else’s experience. Douglas
The diction used in Fisher’s speech evokes a feeling of being nurtured by a mother; consequently, making her audience furthermore engrossed in her words. She reveals her perseverance towards her kids and the future generation from being sheltered from the disease. Her willpower to heal the children is fueled by the factor of them being at risk, which provokes her to make a pledge emphasizing that she will not give in or rest until they are secure (“American Rhetoric: Mary Fisher”). Her statement causes an effect across America by inducing the feeling of being embraced to all because of her commitment. Most importantly, Fisher’s word use of children throughout her speech compels her to be portrayed as a matriarch to all those in need. Enlighten
In “Idiot Nation,” Michael Moore discourses on the collapse of American education system and the three main reasons behind it: politicians’ ignorance, shortage of teachers, and the rise of Corporate America. Moore first points out how ignorant the President and politicians are by stating that the President cannot simply identify whether Africa is a nation or a continent. Next, Moore attributes the lack of funding in education to the fact that politicians prefer to build bomber than to improve our education system; this leads to shortage of resources, overpopulated classrooms, and decrease of books available for students. He then notes that the low salaries of teachers, which are caused by the insufficient funding of education, result in shortage of qualified teachers, leading to the failure of the education system. In addition, Moore discusses about the rise of Corporate America, which is another factor corrupting the education system. To get funding from Corporate America, schools diminish the time students have in class, by making students watch advertisements from businesses and help businesses conduct research during class time. Throughout his excerpt, Moore uses exemplification, surprising statistics, rhetorical questions, and simple but clear reasoning to effectively express his ideas and convince readers of his arguments.
Within this passage from George Orwell’s 1984, O’Brien gives a speech to Winston regarding the future and purpose of the Ingsoc government. The intended dehumanization of all members of society is expressed in O’Brien’s speech through the use of similes, repetition, and imagery.
At its most basic level, the American Captivity Narrative is a biographical or autobiographical account of an individual’s captivity at the hands of the Native Americans. Though understood to be an accurate account of the individual’s experience, these narratives contain a number of common rhetorical features that serve to augment the emotional impact of the events described. Frequently, the customs and practices of each individual’s captors are the source of these notable occurrences. Common themes include: torture or suffering, adoption, hunting, and the sharing or discussion of spiritual beliefs. Taken as a whole, these major events weave a narrative of self-transformation. Though these texts do not typically end with the narrator converting
The author, Ken Kessey, in his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, depicts how cruel and dehumanizing oppression can be. Kessey’s purpose is to reveal that there are better ways to live than to let others control every aspect of a person’s life. He adopts a reflective tone and by using the techniques of imagery and symbolism, he encourages readers, especially those who may see or face oppression on a regular basis, to realize how atrocious it can be and even take action against it.
At the 2013 MLB All Star game Marco Antonio Muñiz, who goes by the artistic name of Marc Anthony, sang “God Bless America” for the audience. Irving Berlin wrote this song with the intent of spreading harmony during a time when people were getting over the First World War and the rising of Nazi Germany was leading to the second. The live performance of this song was posted on YouTube and became accessible to those who did not watch the live performance at the game or through television. This made it easier for Marc Anthony to receive more negative, racist, and discriminatory responses through social media, particularly Twitter, in which users expressed their anger over a Hispanic man singing a traditional American song. In this essay, I will
On the fourth of April in 1967, Michael King Jr, also known as Martin Luther King Jr, spoke to the American public in the speech titled Beyond Vietnam—A Time to Break Silence. Throughout this speech, King addressed a conflict that occurred during the late 1960’s which was extremely controversial; the Vietnam War. In the speech King detailed his position on the war and particularly discussed why he was against fighting in Vietnam. King utilized many rhetorical devices in order to explain the reasons why he was against this armed conflict. The rhetorical devices that are utilized the most in the speech is specifically logos and anecdotes. Through the use of rhetorical devices, King thrived in convincing his audience into believing that entering the war was a tragic mistake. In the speech, King used many anecdotes and logos to strengthen the persuasiveness of his argument in order to lead the audience into believing the reasons of why the war was negative.
In this excerpt from an email written to friends and family, an American soldier describes what it is like to live in Iraq while serving his country. The Soldier describes his living conditions thoroughly and offers many examples. Through the usage of rhetorical strategies like imagery, chronology, and he puts the reader in his position, he tells of his experience and his attitude towards it.
The Untouchable by Thomas L. Friedman speaks about the world being flat, which is “the stunning rise of middle classes all over the world (pg. 323).” He explains how the American society is becoming global. This globalization that is occurring in today’s society is leading children in America to have a competing mindset against cultures such as the Chinese. We have to begin to think wise and know what route we have to take in life in order to flourish or survive. There will plenty of jobs out there; however, they will only be open to those people with the right knowledge, self motivation, ideas and skill.
In a recent study, the National Geographic Society and the Asia Society shed light on a growing concern that showed students from the United States lacked understanding and knowledge of different people, places, and cultures around the world. This growing concern demanded higher-quality education as well as for teachers to understand the value and necessity of developing lessons based on global education. Since the 1980s, the United States government has tried repeatedly to introduce and incorporate multiculturalism and global education into the system but was met with hostility and protests by many of its citizens. Many protestors believed that global education introduces anti-Americanism, and that multiculturalism introduces and encourages "separatism and disunity". Therefore, it is important and necessary to inform and introduce the general public to the benefits of global education, or cultural education in general to our youth. This will help rise a more knowledgeable generation that is better equipped to deal, communicate, understand, and help the rest of the world.