Not My America Rhetorical Analysis

The Confederacy gained support after shots rang at Ft. Sumter on xxx 1861. Before that event, Arkansas preferred to remain neutral and hoped for a peaceful outcome to the divided country. President Lincoln’s decision to issue a call for troops signified an attempt to use violence to preserve the union, and triggered a vote that would change Arkansas forever. The elected leaders of Arkansas by a margin of 69 to 1 passed a disunion ordinance and chose to stand with the Confederate States to oppose Northern aggression, unfortunately there loyalty went underappreciated as Arkansas’ geographical and political significance went overlooked by confederate leaders and their war strategy. This strategic error resulted in limited government support

The North and South both have alternate viewpoints and react differently when informed about the Emancipation proclamation. To begin, the North had a very strong desire to end slavery in the United States as a whole. Once acknowledged of the Emancipation Proclamation many believed Lincoln spoke the words that beset represented their beliefs. Lincoln states, "… I do order and declare that all persons help as slaves within said designated state, as parts of state are, and henceforth shall be free. Many slaves were abused in ways that could not be imagined and have done countless hours of hard labor and received no benefits whatsoever. Thinking of this Lincoln began to speak in the favor of slaves saying that he will not allow slavery to continue

Brown: The Last Discovery of America, written by Richard Rodriguez, tells the fascinating story of Rodriguez’s struggle to find an identity. It capitalizes on the idea and future of Brown as a whole. Brown is not race or blood, it’s culture, but also a place for people who have lost their culture. To help stimulate readers Rodriguez appeals to all types of rhetoric, but the predominant feature throughout the book is pathos. This appeal to emotions helps the reader to pity (confusing) not only Rodriguez, but the others affected as well. This strategy is vastly effective because Rodriguez utilizes pathos to create persuasive arguments which are made even more effective by his unique style of writing in short, choppy sentences and casual tone.

In Rhetorical Sovereignty: What Do American Indians Want from Writing?, Lyons states, “sovereignty is the guiding story in our pursuit of self-determination, the general strategy by which we aim to best recover our losses from ravages of colonization…the pursuit of sovereignty is an attempt to revive not our past, but our possibilities” (2000). I agree with Lyons on this statement. Sovereignty should be way of retelling the history of different groups so those who do not know their story can become familiar with it. People cannot learn from history if they do not know their history. Once they know the history, then they can seek the possibilities they once claimed from it. This can go for any group of people, not just Native Americans.

I believe the audience McGray is trying to reach is Americas. He talks about the youth of America but I don’t think that the youth will be the main reader of this article. The style of his writing attracts higher educated personal thus attracting more towards parents and the school educators and that is why I think that is his main audience. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the importance of being able to argue in a noteworthy and professional way in “the world beyond U.S borders” by enlarging multicultural education. He continuously talks about how Americas youth is not being properly educated in countries and its effects.

We are all here as brothers and sisters to ratify our uniform, which is the color of our skin, to bring about the revision of our nation into the land in which our forefathers intended.

We use rhetoric every day without even realizing it. Correctly using rhetoric on a specific group of people can drastically increase an arguments’ strength. Benjamin R. Barber wrote an article conveying his research on the failing school systems in the U.S titled America Skips School published in Harper’s Magazine. Barber uses rhetorical elements like ethos, pathos, and logos to build his argument. He establishes his credibility and then emotionally connects with his audience and explains who and what is to blame for the lack of quality education in America. Once he establishes a solid connection using these

When you think of America, you probably think about the money, food, “The American Dream”, but that’s not close to what it really is like. In Childish Gambino’s newest video “This Is America”, he addresses the depths of how Americans act. Childish Gambino’s real name is Donald Glover and he is a singer/songwriter. He is also an actor, he will be starring in “Solo: A Star Wars Movie” and starred in Spider-man: Homecoming. This is an important video because he subtly hints at how americans react to gun violence and how there is inequality for African Americans.

David Sedaris ' claim in his essay Us and Them is inferred from its content to be that those who are privileged tend to mistreat the less fortunate. They also judge the lifestyles of others whom they may demarcate as different while ignoring their own faults and imperfections while at the same time refusing to accept other people 's cultures and ways of life into our own or deeming others inferior. The fundamental message that the author is trying to convey through this anecdote is ultimately “tolerance.”

Immigration seems to be a hot topic in the new right now. There seems to be this uneasiness in the public because the idea of people different than ourselves is startling to us, even though most of the public themselves are decedents from immigrants. News media and political representatives have made the choice to categorize these moving groups with metaphors surrounding water. Many believe that is it just the conservative side of politics that use these metaphors, but David Horsey (a political cartoonist) and Barack Obama have both used water to describe immigrants. This issue needs to be addressed because immigration is not going to stop anytime soon. I want to argue that the flood and wave metaphors are not productive because they (i) dehumanize

Every year, millions of immigrants come to the United States in hopes to find resources, economic opportunities and freedom. According to the Migration policy Institute, in the year of 2013, Texas and California were the top two states in the United States for number of immigrants. California being 10.3 million and Texas being 4.4 million. However, in society today, some American politicians and conservatives have found this to be a problem. Others believe it is beneficial to the United States. Two authors take two different standpoints on their views of immigration. Samuel P. Huntington, a major scholarly voice on political issues, wrote in his publication (“The Special Case of Mexican Immigration”) that he believes the immigration of Mexicans,

In the article “The Coddling of the American Mind,” writers Greg Lukianoff and Jonathon Haidt address today’s college campus culture of oversensitivity and how targeting microaggressions by shielding sensitive topics from students may be modeling cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortion is a way our mind twists words to convince us of something that isn’t true to reinforce negative thinking. Since college administrators changed ways to try and block out microaggressions on campus it is actually teaching students to think in distorted ways. As a result, students are learning lessons that are bad for themselves and their mental health. However, Lukianoff and Haidt believe that cognitive behavioral therapy is the next big thing to teach good

On June 1, 2017, from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump announced that he will be withdrawing the US from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. This could be a step back from the progress that was being made during the Obama administration. It was a very puzzling decision because the majority of Americans supported the agreement. Although some people think that the Paris Climate Agreement is not important, it was a poor decision to withdraw from the agreement because it has the potential to be a very important to Earth's future.

“America was conducting business as usual, but others were joining the game.” (Zakaria, 221). All this time we thought we were on top, we were actually slowly becoming less and less of leader and more a bystander as the rest of the world is slowly rising around us. Zakaria shows in that quote that as America has been continuing business like always, and because of this we have failed to realize our standing with the world around us. In the book The Post-American World, Zakaria shows us the challenges that America faces today. I believe the United States is most affected by our ignorance, competition, and worldly participation.

Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” History shows how much progress we have made as a human race. This progress was only achieved through working together. Throughout history, human beings have been faced with extreme challenges and adversity. In order to move forward, collectively people had to work together. The timeline of our existence is littered with examples of progress. Wars would not have been won without countries allying together to defeat a common enemy. Science and technology would not have progressed without teams of scientists and researchers developing things together over the years. In the early 1900’s, the United States was faced with a huge economic crisis. A majority of the population lost their homes and sources of income; having to move out west in search of opportunity. If all had done this individually without the help of others, then it is likely they would not have been able to overcome it. People have to be faced with extreme adversity in order to overcome it, but sometimes an individual's focus on self-preservation can get in the way of working with other people. However when people do work together it can be beneficial for everyone. When faced with extreme adversity, individuals must join together, and only then can they overcome it.