Great Expectations Rhetorical Analysis

When animals around the planet begin to attack humankind, it is up to one man to persuade the world to take action, or allow themselves to perish. Jackson Oz, a dropout from Columbia University, has for years, been developing a theory called HAC or Human Animal Conflict. After noticing an increasing number vicious of animal attacks on humans, Oz dropped out of Columbia University to focus more on HAC, that raised several eyebrows from his peers. He has no job or PhD and is struggling. All over the world, brutal attacks are destroying entire cities.

The tone of my book would be mysterious/suspicious. It is this because in my book it says, ¨The Baudelaires couldn't help but look back at the colonists with the same curiosity, wondering how so many people could become castaways on the island.¨ This would be suspicious or mysterious because they are wondering how so many people coincidentally ended up on the same island. This made me personally think, maybe they are hiding something and everything that Ishmael told them is a lie. Another way the tone is mysterious/suspicious is because it states, ¨Ishmael raised his eyebrows again.

In the passage from The House of Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the arrangement, ordering, grouping, and placement of words to form phrases, clauses, and sentences works to strengthen the argument of the narrator. By employing his many syntactic dexterities, the narrator aims to persuade the audience that Judge Pyncheon is guilty. Through his use of syntax, tone, diction, and characterization, The narrator persuades the reader to assume the true nature of Judge Pyncheon. Hawthorne begins the passage with an exclamatory infinitive fragment. This sentence arrives out of nowhere, no previously stated explanation given, and exists to draw attention to a “tran of remark” made about Judge Pyncheon.

Rhetorical Précis 1: In his essay, “ Love and Death in The Catcher in the Rye” (1991), Peter Shaw claimed that Holden behavior and way of thinking is due to common abnormal behavior in a certain time for teenagers (par. 10). Shaw supported his assertion of the young Holden by comparing the literary culture of the 1950s and how Holden’s fictional character fits within the contemporary Americans novels as a, “ sensitive, psychological cripples but superior character” (par. 3). Shaw’s purpose was to show that Holden’s sensitive and psychological behavior is not abnormal, but such like stated by Mrs. Trilling that,” madness is a normal, even a better then normal way of life” (par 4). Peter Shaw’s tone assumed a highly educated audience who is

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? (79)”, this quote is from the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

The mere thought of money has started to turn Pip into a materialistic person which leads to him going down a bad path. Pip starts to notice how he is different from everyone who has money he says “I wished Joe had been rather more genteelly brought up, and then I should have been so too” (Dickens 56). This marks Pip trying to think about how he could change the people and other factors around him in order for him to blend in well with the high class society. Pip says that “I took the opportunity of being alone in the court-yard, to look at my coarse hands and my common boots” (Dickens 55). Pip begins to actually want to change his appearance in order to leave his old self behind, and even goes so far as to be ashamed of Joe, even though Joe treats him with nothing but love.

There could be many themes to ¨The Pearl¨ by John Steinbeck. Those could either be about greed, wealth, family, etc. But, just one word does not best explain the moral of this story. I would say that the theme to this novela is: ¨The need for your loved oneś safety, and for wealth, could either make you (and your actions) good or evil.¨ In the beginning of this passage, Kino lived a happy life with his family.

Joe and Pip’s relationship is put at risk by the primary factor of his transformation into a benefactor. “Fine I should have some new clothes come in and they should not be working clothes. Say this day week. You’ll want some money” (Dickens 131). Jagger’s demanding tone show how he is onerous and getting to the objective which is that he wants Pip to stand out throughout his life in essence.

Describing how Joe and him being raised,“I supposed that Joe Gargery and I were both brought up by hand” (Dickens 5). Since Pip lives with his sister, she has to take care of him. Meaning that Mrs. Joe has to teach Pip to the right things. But Pip being a little boy, he’s going to make mistakes in his life that’s why he gets disciplined, which can

Imprisonment and constraint, can be felt in many different scenarios in the passage from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. However, we get these two feelings with a girl who is portrayed as an orphan in this chapter. When being an orphan many feelings can run through a person’s mind, for example abandonment and not feeling loved, or being/feeling trapped. The feeling of imprisonment and constraint in this chapter is expressed through the use of imagery and diction. Imagery is viewed in this chapter in a variety of sentences.

Sentence Assessment Task Rhetorical Analysis: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” (Austen) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Austen’s famous statement on marriage and equality continues to resonate in modern society. In comparison to today, the Victorian era significantly suppressed women’s rights (Hughes). However, Austen juxtaposes that idea by stating that it is the man, no matter how wealthy, who ‘must be in want of a wife.’

Through her attempts she replaces her daughter’s heart with ice and breaks young men’s hearts. In Dickens’ bildungsroman Great Expectations, Pip and Miss Havisham’s morally ambiguous characterization helps develop the theme, that one needs to learn to be resilient. The internal struggles that Pip experiences through the novel, reveal his displeasure to his settings and

Pip becomes more grateful to his friends. After leaving them his attitude changes towards his friends as he now knows what his friends have done for him and is sad because he did not do anything to show his gratitude to them. When pip leaves his friends, he is changed by their parting.

Pip willingness to provided information about his family to the stranger shows his good personality and that Pip is a naturally giving person. Pip also feels sorry for the man as he walks towards the churchyard wall and ‘hugged his shuddering body’ which was cut and bruised. He then turns several times to look at the escaped, limping convict which might indicate compassion towards the convict and Pips kindness. The first chapter greatly succeeds in establishing the mood of the novel. It is gloomy and somewhat scary environment for the Pip.

He has always loved Estella, but he shows compassion best through his relationship with Magwitch. As Magwitch is on his deathbed Pip speaks to him. Pip tells Magwitch that he will never leave his side, and that he only wishes to be as loyal to Magwitch as he was to Pip (Dickens 193). This shows how Pip can be compassionate. The final way Pip shows good is he is a better friend to Joe.