Eljae Nisperos

Mr. Soeth

English 3 AP

January 26, 2011.


REHUGO ANALYSIS – Essay.

A. In Search of the Good Family – Jane Howard

B. In this article, Howard states that you need a family. Basically, that without a family you are nothing. You didn’t come from “nowhere” obviously, you came from someone, and have a family. Your family, means alot to you as well as other people around you as well.

C. Evidence :
a. Howard uses pathos to describe how much a family means to you and how vital it is. Howard says that you may have family across the globe. That you grow very close with this “family” that you have. Although they live far away, you love seeing them, they are your blood, your “family.” You and your across the globe family make trips to see each other. Summing up to at least once or twice a year just for the pleasure of it. If it isn’t relatives then it’s your friends. Your friends are your second family. Without any of these, you are nothing. These people are vital items of your life, you need them. You need a family.
b. Howard puts out her credibility by using an African Tribe as an example as well as Aristotle. Friends are family, but they are a choice, or people that just come along in your life. Knowing this, your friends know your daily routine, what you did on previous days, how to help you in your situations and what not. Howard uses Aristole by using one of his examples, which states “Wishing to be friends, is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit.” Which means that friendship must be worked for.

D. Rhetorical Strategies :
a. Howard uses a metaphor as one of rhetorical strategies. She uses a quote from Aristotle, which states “Wishing to be friends, is a quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit.” This means that becomming friends is easy and fast, but developing and healthy and lasting friendship takes time. As well as your family, you might not know people in your family as well as you do as others, so you develop on it. Make the friendship between family better.
b. Howard uses cause and effect by giving off examples with the families and friends. For example, having family overseas means that you’ll visit. Causing you to acknowledge them more, arranging more trips to visit them. Also with friends, if your family isnt there, then your friends are. Basically saying, as of second nature, your family is your second family.

E. MLA Citation :
Shea, Renee Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and Rhetoric. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print.