John Updike Rhetorical Analysis

The town leadership fears a true deviation from the accepted social order, and as a result, the citizens of Pleasantville conform to this system. On the other hand, when individuals start voicing out their opinions, new ideas challenge the false peace they had in their conformity. After Bud and Mary Sue introduce different and rather contradictory ideas, like sex, color, and individuality, people start pursuing their passions as individuals, rather than society as a whole. With all these changes, individuals burst into color when choosing to leave “pleasant” behind for the freedom to express personal ideas and identity. Consequently, these new concepts creates disparity, specifically as society viewed gender roles differently than the new stances taken by women.

(STEWE-1) Montag becomes friends with a young girl named Clarisse. She teaches him about reality and how people treat each other “No one has time anymore for anyone else”(21). Clarisse tells Montag that whenever she talks to someone, they usually end up leaving or threatening her. This shows that people are too busy to listen to what others have to tell them.

It’s because of society that she goes to these lengths to impress other little girls. She buys burnt Barbie’s from water-stained boxes that are cheap and makes a dress when the other outfit gets worn out.

Barbie is a bad role model to kids because of her fashion sense, eating habits and her feminine jobs. The clothes that are put out for Barbie to wear are inappropriate and provocative. She wears tight fitting outfits and rarely wears a pair of pants in her outfit. Barbie is always seen in short dresses and high heels. By her always wearing dresses and heels it shows that it is not okay for girls to wear pants

Knowing that Lengel help Sammy get the job at A&P because he knew his parents. Sammy seat his uniform on the counter top were the cash register is, and walked out, hoping he would see the girls, but they were gone, of course. As he looked back at the store window thinking to himself if he had made the right decision but he said to himself “it seems to me that once you begin a gesture its fatal not to go through with it.” Sammy knew that from here in out that the world would be harder for him. But he felt proud of himself even though the girls didn’t see him because he felt like he took his first adult

Sammy would be considered an adolescent because of how he thinks. He does not have control of what he thinks, but he can control if those thoughts consume him or not. Just like most teenage boys, Sammy thinks about girls. When three young girls in bathing suits walk in the grocery store where he works, he cannot stop thinking about them. He talks to himself in his head and goes over every detail of the girls.

The Evil Wish It is common to say or do things without thinking twice about the outcome. For example, a young and clueless teenager decides to ditch school to hang out with a few friends but ends up getting caught and suspended instead. In the case of the White’s family, matters were different. Mr.White, an old and naive man, is one of the main character’s in the short horror story “The Monkey’s Paw” written by W.W. Jacobs.

The Catcher in the Rye Salinger gave the tone of the book humorous so that the book can be more relatable to teenagers in society. He talks about how Holden is lonely and he’s lost like every other teenager but he more like he doesn’t see from the real world. He is judgmental, he judges everything he sees and knows. Salinger writes this book to let us know what some teenagers go through and how people stay strong no matter what. He’s wanting us to know how teenagers are all different and they go through different things and they act a certain way because of what they’re going through.

Sammy made the mistake of acting on desire while overlooking the consequences. Had the character's, point of view, setting, or symbolism in the story been altered the meaning of the story may have changed entirely and the themes we distinctly see in the story, could have been completely different. The characters, point of view, setting, and symbols in “A&P” assisted the development of the themes enclosed in the story. “A&P” depicted themes of women do not have the same rights as men and do not act on the power of desire. Other themes can also be found in this story but these two stood out to me

The reading also includes that Victor is willing to do anything to impress Teresa, such as speaking a language he does not understand. In addition, Victor sheepishly embarrassed himself even more in front of Teresa and his peers. Moreover, the author also cites that Victor continues to take bad advice from his

“Student” and “Crow Lake” these two articles both talked about the relationship between teachers and students. Wayman, the teacher in “Student”, he insisted on attracting his students’ interests, but it didn’t work out very well. Katie, the teacher in “Crow Lake”, she recalled a childhood experience during her class, it came out that students got bored by her voice. Wayman tried very hard on helping students learn better, but the students only care about their grades instead of learning things. Katie tried to teach her students, but there had no connections between Katie and the student.

1. Based on the dialogue Sammy uses, one can suspect he does not take himself too seriously. He speaks from a first person point of view which portrays him as a quiet observer. Sammy also seems to be slightly shallow because when he is referring to the girls in bathings suits inside the store he notes, the girl that initially caught his attention was the “chunky” girl in plaid. In addition to his shallowness, Sammy uses harsh words such as “the fat one with the tan sort of fumbled the cookies.”