Jock's Culture Summary

In addition, he compares high school sports to a drug. Because high school sports are such a huge part of many people’s lives in America, by including this part of the article, many pro-sports people would likely feel negative about the article. Passionate sports fans would presumably be angered by his reference to sports regarding masculinity. This addition does more harm than good for his case.

In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas, “The F-Word”, Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style, however, that did most of the work. Dumas' article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”, as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the excerpt, it is the underlying foundation of every humorous story as well as every painful moment. Throughout the excerpt, Dumas has paired together the use of her style with how she builds ethos in the reader's eyes. This creates a very good way to convey the argument, however it still lacks certain strengths. Had she written in a slightly more formal tone and included more evidence, she could have kept her humor and continued to build on her ethos by appealing to a more professional group. The use of an easy going conversational style in Dumas' excerpt helps to portray her claim in a way that most readers will be able to identify with, however, the style does not work well in appealing to a professional setting due to the lack of empirical evidence.

One of the problems that Hartmann addresses is that when scholarly critique sports take their points overboard over another (Hartmann 240). In other words, one will be supportive of one side while undermining the proponent ideas. This is outright discrimination in sports. In the primary source, we can see the same situation where bias judgement happened. The discrimination in the sports that we see in Remember the Titans involved the

He does not answer the question “does football have a future?” His lack of a stance allows whoever reads this article to analyze the data and develop their stance on football. I think his reason for showing every side was for this purpose - the side of keeping football, banning football, and reforming football. He does not say it has a future because it is unknown – it is up to the fans, football players, and the NFL to decide the fate of this loved and tough

Graff then goes on to establish his ethos in the first few paragraphs while continuing to expand the thoughts and ideas on pathos throughout his essay. He begins to build his community and trust by recognizing his own credentials and sharing his personal background in writing. One of the first things noticed from the footnote about Gerald Graff’s professional career is that he has vast experience in the writing department. He is an English professor at a prestigious university, a past president of the Modern Language Association, and part of the professional association of scholars and teachers of English and other languages (198). But, since his background only assists his argument and does not define it, it is crucial to also look at his word choice, mood, language, and ideology in order to fully claim Graff a credible author.

Several times throughout the article he seems to have a tone that hurts his credibility and arguments, by saying “It is ludicrous to argue that the Power 5 programs cannot afford this.” This harsh, unintentional bashing at others who do not believe in what the author is saying hurts his claim and argument by talking down to his audience; as if they do not know what they are reading. Another remark he makes is, “the appeal of college athletics, in no small part, is that the players are students at the universities, so they would still have to take classes. But their loads should be reduced during their years of eligibility, and once their playing days are over, they should be able to finish their education free. That’s only fair.” Here the author is almost stating that regular non college student athletes are not at the same level of importance as the athletes, possibly making some readers frustrated that these athletes get the easy road throughout college. Also, by saying they will be able to go to college free after playing, makes students going to school after graduating for a higher degree feel unimportant and unprivileged compared to the

Analysis of Sex, Guys, and Fruit Flies In Dave Berry’s essay Sex, Guys, and Fruit Flies, Barry takes jabs at intergalactic studies and analyzes the nature of fruit flies. (and why men should be more like them!) More prominently, Berry discusses the shortcomings of the male race, determining that their inability to use patience and follow rules equates to the ultimate shortfall in their opportunity to mate. The essay uses a great deal of satire and irony, as well as blunt comparisons to express his points.

Building on the notions of femininity and masculinity, the author outlines all the cliché qualities of men and women, supporting them with vivid imagery, while also being careful with his

The novel Our Guys, written by Bernard Lefkowitz, is a very dynamic story about the heinous actions of a dozen middle-class athletes, from a small New York suburb, against a defenseless mentally handicapped girl. Lefkowitz describes a brutal gang rape involving a baseball bat and broomhandle, which took place in this unsuspecting town, by these upstanding young group of boys, as the town would describe them. Lefkowitz looks at the incident which took place and then examines the “jock clique” sub-culture that allowed such atrocities to happen, and spawned the scandal to cover it up.

In the first three sentences of the essay, the speaker adopts a very childlike style. He makes use of simple words and keeps the sentences short, similar in style to that of an early aged teenager. But since the text

In the first line does this come clear to us. “At the age of forty-one, I am returning to school and have to think of myself as what my French textbook calls “a true debutant.””. The personal style of writing is suiting this text very well since the text is an essay and one of the important characteristics in an essay is that it must be personal. He uses common language throughout the text. It's also easy to read, because of the vocabulary he has chosen. The words he is using is very modern and simple. Humor, irony, and sarcasm plays a big role in the text. When he uses traits like this, do it affect us in a way that it makes it easier to read. When he pictures things for us as reader, does he use exaggerations and metaphors” had front teeth the size of tombstones” This makes the text funnier. When he use metaphors does he make it easier for us to picture his personal experiences. When ever he meets something that he finds unpleasant do he use a humorous tone, that way he tackles even the most uncomfortable and humiliating situations. An example of this is his teacher's unintelligible language, he makes fun of her pronunciation because he doesn't understand a word of what she is saying. “After being singled out as a lazy kfdtinvfm”. This makes us as reader more entertained because most of us can relate to this. The way he makes fun of the teacher can make us as

The play “Blackrock”, written by Nick Enright, focuses on very delicate issues. The themes such as mateship and peer pressure, responsibility/guilt and masculinity resonate in my own personal life quite strongly. By studying and analysing this text it can be determined if the themes and values that are trying to be emulated either challenge or confirm my own beliefs and experiences.

A final feature in the text which is vital for creating an emotional connection with the audience is the style in which it is written as it conveys Galloways personality, which allows the reader to understand the meaning of the text and relate to it, making it easier to connect with. The first element of style that Galloway uses to her advantage is formality; rather than writing it in a complex and serious manner, the writer presents the text in a light-hearted way making it more accessible and enjoyable. Aspects of the text which contribute towards are informality are the use of slang - "LURV", "stunk like a month-old kipper"; use of short sentences - "This did not trouble me. I was a biddable child. Most are."; and parenthesis - "(there were no men in our house)". These stylistic features all mirror the structure of natural, spoken language, therefore the reader feels as

In 1975, Robert Lipsyte wrote “Jock Culture” which was in “The Sportsmaster.” It didn’t appear in “The Nation” until 2011. Analysis will examine the credibility of the examples used by the author to stage his claims.

Considering the importance of the literature work, in the following writing. Two literary attempts will be made to make a comparison and to highlight