William Hazlitt, in his essay about money, expresses his ideas about wealth while utilizing parallel structure and polysyndetons to demonstrate how striving for wealth contributes to a lower quality of life and afterlife. Hazlitt uses parallel structure multiple times in his essay. At the beginning of his speech, Hazlitt utilizes parallelism to describe how striving for money lowers quality of life by destroying interpersonal relationships: “It is to be scrutinized by strangers, and neglected by friends.” Hazlitt implies that striving for wealth results in harsh judgement from others and loss of friendships. An additional example of parallelism – “to be full of enthusiasm and extravagance in youth, of chagrin and disappointment in afterlife – “ contrasts the joy found after working many years to earn money with the dissatisfaction and emptiness found in the afterlife; Hazlitt’s parallelism displays the ironic nature between a feeling of …show more content…
Hazlitt’s polysyndeton – “It is to be compelled to stand behind a counter, or to sit at a desk in some public office, or to marry your landlady, or not the person you would wish – “ emphasizes the ridiculous things one would do to gain wealth. Furthermore, Hazlitt utilizes a polysyndeton to display the measures people take to gain wealth despite unhappiness; he implies that one would rather commit to an unhappy marriage than have less wealth. Hazlitt uses an additional polysyndeton – “or to be deprived of the use of your fingers by transcribing Greek manuscripts, or to be a seal-engraver and pore yourself blind, or to go upon the stage, or try some of the Fine Arts – “ in order to emphasize the number of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs people choose in order to solely gain money. The monotonous tone of polysyndetons helps Hazlitt convey how far people go, as far as risking their own happiness, to gain and accumulate
William Griggs doesn't really need any backing anybody who is a true conservative believer would agree with him in a heartbeat, and everybody reading his article is a conservative. He uses an informal fallacy when Julie talks about how everyone is getting an abortion, making it called the abortion culture, but in this cause he uses it to his advantage. The way Grigg uses this to his advantage is by having Julie argue it which she does. She says it "is entirely built upon lies and
Norman Mailer uses imagery to negatively depict boxing. This passage is based upon Benny Parent and Griffith, who are club fighters. Mailer uses imagery to describe the violence of the fight. Motifs that are used in this passage are death, simile, and animalistic imagery. Mailer witnesses the tragic death of Paret. Through many motifs, Mailer is able to have an effect on his audience, allowing them to feel the same horror.
Zadeh is an immigrant from Urmia Iran, plagued by the injustices and maddening systems of American immigration policies. In addition, once he does eventually get into the country, the blockades to starting up his business have no interest in easing off. By exposing these malpractices to a larger audience, Zadeh wants to convince readers that immigration policies are more of a hindrance than a help. Zadeh’s main rhetoric use is pathos, and his emotional ties to his experience gives the reader a very clear and thoughtful description of the horrors of immigration. However, he doesn’t shy away from other appeals, he makes sure to back up his claims with facts given by very credible sources and personal involvement. Since he is a co founder/CEO
Elie Wiesel uses many different styles to present his main purpose, one of the most widely used is anaphora. He does this to help the audience further develop a context of the situations Wiesel went through as a child. Wiesel asserts, “ They no longer feel pain, hunger, thirst. They feared nothing. They felt nothing. They were dead and did not know it,” this creates a reaction of the audience to feel sympathy for the “musselmanners” that were left to die, it also forces the audience to imagine the horrific details of Wiesel’s childhood. Furthermore, towards the end of his speech to change tones to appeal to the audience while he questions the American government on why they chose not to intervene. He then creates another tonal shift, patronizing
In Hazzlit’s work, syntax is critically significant to the development of his argument. Although in its entirety, “On the Want of Money” is but a few sentences long, each sentence holds a great amount of context. By grouping correlating ideas, Hazzlit efficiently defends his claim in a very structured and condensed manner. For instance, in the second sentence of the work, “to be compelled to stand behind a counter, or to sit at a desk in some public office...or try some of the Fine Arts; with all your pains, anxiety, and hopes, and most probably to fail, or if you succeed, after the exertions of years, and undergoing constant distress of mind and fortune, to be assailed on every side with envy... ”(Hazzlit) Here, the display of a continuous string of thought shown through use of syntax allows the audience to follow Hazzlit’s complete thought process. Excellent use of syntax works for greater flexibility to incorporate various sub points to aid in the argument while avoiding dedication of a separate sentence to a secondary thought. Hazzlit writes about what it means for one to be in want of money but includes a range of supporting concepts about the consequences in terms of one’s career, success, and overall emotional satisfaction by using the syntax
The rhetorical analysis I composed was written on an article called,“The confessions of a liberal gun owner,”by Justin Cronin. This type of writing opened me up to a new style of composing that I am not familiar with. I really enjoyed being able to show my view of whether I thought that this article was effective. Critisizing the writer for doing certain things was very interesting and made me feel more independent and powerful. I did not like that I could not use my personal opinion but could use what I thought as the audience of the paper. This confused me at first but I eventually understood the reasoning behind it. Telling my personal opinon would dismay readers and disregard my credibility. By stating facts it made my paper sound more
He discusses all that is wrong with the wealthy individuals and how they are spoiled. He makes his argument by revealing how wealth is disposed of, “There are but three modes in which surplus wealth can be disposed of. It can all be left to the families of the descendants; or it can be bequeathed for public purposes; or, finally, it can be administrated during their lives by its possessors” (3). The author is Andrew Carnegie and intended audience is the general public but more specifically are those of wealth and make them conscious of how surplus wealth is disposed of. This is a primary source and reveals that even though this was how the world was a decade ago, it is quite similar and not much has
Money— sweeter than honey but oh so destructive. It facilitates a man’s life, while a lack of it imprisons him in the streets of penury. It raises his social status, while an absence of it leaves him unnoticed. It gives him an aura of superiority and importance among others, while a deficiency of it makes him worthless in society’s eyes. Considering these two roads, most do not take more than a second to decide to chase riches.
In American society, wealth has played a particularly significant role in shaping the culture and standards set for our country. With every dilemma that has occurred, money was been an underlying deciding factor in the end. John.F.Kennedy makes this very clear in his statement on lowering the prices of steel, all the way Jennifer Price's take on people being obsessed with a money, even Scott Russell’s article on the status quo Americans believe determines one's happiness and success. All of these passages tie together to show just how money influences our very own society.
Despite the advancement in technology and the infinite possibilities of man, the basic wants for every human being has not been met. He then says if animals could think what would be their thoughts about humans who have achieved so much and yet there are still those of us who are not fed. He also brings up the point that if man having one life to live, should endeavor to live it to to fullest satisfaction and comfortability. He also brings to occasion the nature of working conditions in factories apparent. Henry George says that must of our lives will be spent at our places of work yet those places are little above prisons. The fines and punishments mated out were exorbitant. And it no better for a non factory person. But for three hours of the whole day to his or herself the rest are spent working. In a sense is it is the saying that people can’t get time to even enjoy their own lives or the fruits of their labors. They are no better than machines for work only.
Every person’s opinions and skills are valuable. It is important to be well-rounded and understand an individual’s views on particular topics. By being considerate of other’s feelings, there will be less conflicts. So far in my BA 105W group, we each have our own ideas and input when we work together. The vibe within our groups makes it easy to throw our ideas out there knowing that the others will add more to the ideas instead of attack each other. Like any other teams, there are times when we cannot come to a conclusion and would have to reason why we believe this idea is better than the others. Also, diversity within a group is very important. Groups and teams that consist of diversity are more successful because of different backgrounds
More than once in every man’s life he has yearned for something that is out of his reach. Whether it be fashionable clothes, an elaborate home, a newer car, or a more desirable career, some things are unattainable. George Milton, one of the main characters
The 1920’s where a time of conservatism, it was a time of great social change. From the world of fashion to the world to politics, forces clashed to produce the most explosive decade of the century.
It is human nature to expect a lot from the people around us. Expectations are all achievable with effort, but what if those expectations prevented the chance to make our lives extraordinary? Carpe diem, seize the day, it is this principle that makes life worth pursuing, others expectations should not interfere in the making of a pleasant life. In the play, Death of a Salesman, “Oedipus the King”, and the novel Handmaid’s Tale, Willy Loman, Oedipus, and Offred all strive to meet these expectations set by others. In attempts to do so, the main characters decide to prevent their own satisfactory lives for the betterment of the people around them and neglect the potential consequences of
This report will be discussing the way in which Leffe Blonde is perceived within the UK Market.