Rhetorical Analysis Of Get A Dog But Get Rid Of Guns By Molly Ivins

In the present year of 2016 there has already been 7 school shootings around America. The rhetorical analysis of the court document “Kinkel vs The State of Oregon”. The document was written to explain the arguments of both sides of the court and to justify the decision made by the court and judge Haselton through facts and rhetorical accounts of events that transpired of Mr. Kinkel and his actions of the school shooting. Judge Haselton clearly uses Ethos, Logos, and Pathos within the analysis which is used to his advantage. Judge Haselton was writing to many audiences, the most important and crucial are the defendants and the victim’s family members present.

Ivins not only argues for her idea to ban guns, she also takes arguments that many gun supporters may throw back and does her best to invalidate them. She starts off this strategy with a pro-gun argument that states the second amendment in the Constitution allows all citizens to own guns as part of a “well-regulated militia”. She responds with her definition of a well-regulated militia being the National Guard or any of the armed forces. Another opposing argument states that if cars kill people and aren’t banned, guns can be as well. Ivins goes on to state that cars have a purpose beyond killing and are extremely regulated through licensing and restriction, Ivins says that “at a minimum, we should do the same with guns”.

Even though the article is more of an informative piece, Rubenstein’s credibility, appeal to pathos, strong logos, and choice of design elements all illustrate the rhetorical effectiveness of the article. Pathos is a way of creating an emotional response from the audience, or an appeal to emotion. Rubenstein uses different techniques to get her audience to see how she views this ‘scandal’. She uses loaded words such as ‘predator’, ‘tyrant’, ‘scandal’, and ‘vulnerable’ to get her audience’s attention. Pictures of the different women that were assaulted and their stories were used to create sympathy.

He adds to this development by stating three intriguing and interesting facts that show that gun violence is clearly an issue in the United States in this day and age. Something that is only applicable to the website version of the article is that he even further establishes his credibility with these facts with clickable links that will bring one to the source of the fact or statistic that he used. At this point, he states the purpose of his article which is to essentially throw in his view on what should be done about gun violence in the United States. He uses a general gun proponent quote to show the opposing side of the argument, and uses it to strengthen his own argument. At this point he begins to state how gun safety should replicate toy, car, or swimming pool type safety.

Banks expanded her argument with a strong pathos by providing coherent details on the scenarios she mentioned of police shootings, which may lead to feelings of disturbance, trauma, and beyond belief for the ones reading. Perhaps, the extensive detail she gave when she was describing the scene at Minnesota, "a police officer held the pair at gunpoint and her 4-year-old daughter watched from the back seat." (Banks) The author portrays the officer as a selfish, cold-hearted man because, regardless of the situation, a child should never be traumatized with such disturbing image as is witnessing a gun pointed at their parents. Pathos was used a long way, as Banks intended the audience to agree that officers lack consideration of others.

Sophie Jacob Prof. Irwin English 1120 14 February 2023 Critique Essay: David Hogg David Hogg, a gun control activist, wrote an op-ed about gun violence for Fox News, one of the most right-wing news sites. His article, “Mass Shootings Can be Stopped Only if We Work Together”, is an account of his experience in the Parkland, Florida 2018 shooting and a plea for right-wing Americans to join his fight for gun control. He uses a pathos approach and his personal experience with school shootings, adds his thoughts on the matter, and finishes with an attempt to find common ground, with the hope that his message will reach conservative America. Hogg heavily utilizes pathos in his argument. His article begins by describing what losing a loved one in

“Our Blind Spot about Guns” Rhetorical Analysis Essay American Journalist, Nicholas Kristof, in his essay, “Our Blind Spot about Guns”, addresses that if only guns were regulated and controlled like cars, there would be less fatalities. Kristof’s purpose is to emphasize how much safer cars are now than in the past, while guns do not have the same precautions. He constructs a compelling tone in order to convince the reader that the government should take more control on the safety of guns and who purchases them. Kristof builds credibility by successfully exerting emotional appeals on the audience, citing plausible statistics, and discussing what could possibly be done to prevent gun fatalities. Kristof begins his essay by discussing how automobile

Ivins compares the danger level of automobiles to guns. “...another lethal object that is regularly used to wreck great carnage” (line 8). “Obviously, this society is full of people who haven 't had enough common sense to use an automobile properly. But we haven 't outlawed cars” (line 9). She acknowledges a common rebuttal against gun laws, but then immediately argues against that.

For others, a view that has arose later, guns are the “perpetuation of illicit social hierarchies, the elevation of force over reason,” and a promoter of collectivity and remover of individuality. This latter view of guns is a direct application of the conflict theory. For those who hold this view, and likely support the passage of gun control laws, guns are representative of social inequality that is abundant in modern society, that the usage of guns is a means of violently coercing those of lower classes to remain in their class. The view of guns as a symbol of protection is also an application of the conflict theory.

Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. Many believe this, but columnist Nicholas Kristof, author of “Our Blind Spot about Guns,” published in 2014 in the New York Times, disagrees. A rhetorical analysis should consist of: logos, pathos, and ethos. Kristof’s use of logos is strong due to the amount of facts and statistics he offers to his audience, but he fails to strongly use pathos and ethos, due to the lack of these elements Kristof’s argument is weakened.

The essay “Shootings” fits the argumentation category when the author provides examples of fatal gun shootings that have occurred around the world in which the author is trying to convenience the reader that assault weapons lead to gun violence. In the essay, the author provides the readers with a very visual and descriptive hook, “the cell phones in the pockets of the dead students were still ringing… (pg. 674).” In addition, evidence is also another argumentative concept that the author provides. The author, Gopnik, provides factual supporting evidence on a case, “in Dunblane, Scotland, in 1996, a gunman killed sixteen children and a teacher at their school (pg.675).” However, Gopnik provides refutation in the essay by stating, “rural

Argumentative Essay In the USA, there is an overwhelming number of children are dying every day, influencing a great deal of money that is spent, while the topic of gun control is discussed as a solution for these events. There is a big talk about deciding if creating more gun control laws is the right decision to prevent more events of gun violence. Everyone knows that gun control laws are not a realistic solution because guns don't kill people. Gun control is not the answer to our nation's number of violent shootings; because most of these shootings happen as a result of mental health struggles and also because there is an overwhelming lack of early crisis intervention screening programs as well as a need for better education for caregivers

The narrator did not need a gun to kill the old man, only his hatred for the old man’s eye. The opposing side believes that weapons give criminals a sense of confidence that causes them to be more liable to commit crimes like “burglary”(Moody). An article by the opposed reader, titled “Guns and crime” by Carlisle Moody, states “there is some evidence that handguns”(Moody) lead to crimes. By examining mental illness and its association to hate crime, the critic should be easily persuaded that mental illness is the true root of many crimes. With enough passion the weapon helps, but it is the shooter who most likely has a mental illness that pulls the trigger to accomplish the nefarious

A weapon in the wrongs hands is the maximum danger humanity can face. Nowadays, violence and delinquency in society are viewed as the maximum problem solver. Humanity is full of chaos; hate and envy seize our souls. Guns are the ultimate security for some citizens but for others, these add to a feeling of defenselessness. Throughout history, any topic related to guns means a plethora of problems.

The political cartoon “Blood, Sweat, Tears” by Steve Breen focuses on the controversial topic of gun control in America. In order to emphasize the seriousness of taking action, Breen uses an emotional approach. He appeals to pathos to explain how these deaths have emotionally affected Americans throughout the country, and inform of how much effort the executive branch is putting in to limit the access of guns to the mentally ill. Breen utilizes a simplistic approach towards the details to gently remind his audience of the emotional impact that the gun shootings of the past few year have had on Americans.