January 26, 2011
Period 1st
Rehugo “Essays”
A. In Search of the Good Family Jane Howard
B. Jane Howard expresses her opinion that families should be important to everybody. She states her thesis giving reasons why it is important to have families in our lives. Howard begins by saying “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one”. From this quote, she indicates that not only some should have “families” but everyone. Howard explains this when she quotes “Their welfare must be nearly as important to you as your own. Even if you live alone, even if your solitude is elected and ebullient, you still cannot do without a clan or tribes”. Her position is agreeing in the fact that life is not life without an authority of family. Howard also states that not only does somebody have to be related but also have friends as families.
C. Two pieces of evidence that Howard applies is ethos and pathos to express her opinion. She indicates ethos when Howard quotes other people whom she’s met. One particular person was Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. who said “Humans being need all the relatives they can get- as positive donors or receivers not of love but of common decency”. This quote is relevant to what Howard is trying to convey because some humans not only like to here things from anybody but as well as somebody who knows what they are talking about. With this evidence it helps Howard include that with families, someone not only receive help but as well love. With love someone can find compassion and happiness. What the quotes revives is that people deserve just relative but love as well. Pathos is used as well when she uses Aristotle and quotes him saying “wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit”. This quote give it a tone of love and care. It uses pathos by allowing the reader know the tone of the quote. If the tone was harsh and had no respect as, the reader would not take it to consideration. The tone of the quote helps pathos become more effective and the more effective pathos is, the more it will support Howard’s point.
D. As many rhetorical strategies there are in Howard’s article, there are two that help support her claim effectively. She uses rhetorical questions such as “What can such times teach us about forming new and more lasting tribes in the future?” With this strategy, Howard proves her point by discussing how making the past the future. Human beings can use the past to help other be involved in their future. Another rhetorical strategy is comparison in which Howard compares Americans on how they try to accomplish their goals. She says “ We keep trying, though. To try, with gritted teeth and girded loins”. How she compares this really makes people can try very hard to get what they want. As well it conveys that not only do we need to have family but to also work for it and not let it just come by.
E. Citation Shea, Renйe Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and Rhetoric. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print.
B. Jane Howard expresses her opinion that families should be important to everybody. She states her thesis giving reasons why it is important to have families in our lives. Howard begins by saying “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one”. From this quote, she indicates that not only some should have “families” but everyone. Howard explains this when she quotes “Their welfare must be nearly as important to you as your own. Even if you live alone, even if your solitude is elected and ebullient, you still cannot do without a clan or tribes”. Her position is agreeing in the fact that life is not life without an authority of family. Howard also states that not only does somebody have to be related but also have friends as families.
C. Two pieces of evidence that Howard applies is ethos and pathos to express her opinion. She indicates ethos when Howard quotes other people whom she’s met. One particular person was Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. who said “Humans being need all the relatives they can get- as positive donors or receivers not of love but of common decency”. This quote is relevant to what Howard is trying to convey because some humans not only like to here things from anybody but as well as somebody who knows what they are talking about. With this evidence it helps Howard include that with families, someone not only receive help but as well love. With love someone can find compassion and happiness. What the quotes revives is that people deserve just relative but love as well. Pathos is used as well when she uses Aristotle and quotes him saying “wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit”. This quote give it a tone of love and care. It uses pathos by allowing the reader know the tone of the quote. If the tone was harsh and had no respect as, the reader would not take it to consideration. The tone of the quote helps pathos become more effective and the more effective pathos is, the more it will support Howard’s point.
D. As many rhetorical strategies there are in Howard’s article, there are two that help support her claim effectively. She uses rhetorical questions such as “What can such times teach us about forming new and more lasting tribes in the future?” With this strategy, Howard proves her point by discussing how making the past the future. Human beings can use the past to help other be involved in their future. Another rhetorical strategy is comparison in which Howard compares Americans on how they try to accomplish their goals. She says “ We keep trying, though. To try, with gritted teeth and girded loins”. How she compares this really makes people can try very hard to get what they want. As well it conveys that not only do we need to have family but to also work for it and not let it just come by.
E. Citation Shea, Renйe Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and Rhetoric. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print.
Did you just repeat what the author says in her quote? From this quote, she indicates that not only some should have “families” but everyone.
ReplyDeleteAs many rhetorical strategies there are in Howard’s article, there are two that help support her claim effectively. - don't tell me, show me.