Rhetoric Analysis Of 'My Father's Grandfather'

Many people think that The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is written to or for Franklin’s son, however it seems to be written to the general public. Most people believe that Benjamin Franklin is writing to his son. Franklin, at first, might have had the initial intention of writing this autobiography to his son because he started the essay with “dear son” (Franklin 1) and explains to him how he, himself, liked to hear about his ancestor’s stories. After telling the stories, Franklin starts to generalize what he is saying. He starts to tell his life story and his son is never directly mentioned in the book, until he is written about in part three.

But, it was not until the airing of one very emotional episode titled, “Papa’s got a brand new excuse.” In this episode Smith’s father comes to visit him after a 14 year absent and promises to spend as much time with him before the summer ends. Of course Smith was beyond excited until his “father” makes yet another excuse. After been stood up for what seemed like 100th time, Smith confides in his Uncle Phil, “how come he don’t want me man?” The amount of emphasis on the emotion in his voice and the tears that rolled down his face sent chills down everyone’s spine.

The following quote shows that Baldwin acknowledged that the position that his nephew is in is one that is not only familiar to him, but to his grandmother and those that came before her: "Now, my dear namesake, these innocent and well-meaning people, your countrymen, have caused you to be born under conditions not far removed from those described for us by Charles Dickens in the London of more than a hundred years ago… I know the conditions under which you were born for I was there. Your countrymen were not there and haven 't made it yet. Your grandmother was also there and no one has ever accused her of being

Elders are so prudent there may be times when one small fale doesn’t know how to comprehend the smallest phrases, sentences, or even words. Another, occasion of his grandfather’s wisdom is” in the sadness and with the impulse of my youth I said, “I wish it could rain!” My grandfather touched me, looked up into the sky and whispered,” pray for rain” (Anaya paragraph 16). The narrator, Antonio, even understands the instinct (urge) of his youth and how that is different from his grandfather's wisdom.

Then after writing about how all of Maurice’s career never blossomed, words like, “struggled.” and “floundered” shift the mood from happy and promising, to disappointed and sad. Then again the story goes from Maurice to his son, Mort. Gladwell then begins to speak about how Mort did everything his father wished to do like, successfully opening a law firm and a broadcasting franchise. “Every dream that eluded the father was fulfilled by the son.”

In Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie’s relationship with his father undergoes a powerful transformation. Sighet, a town in Romania, sets the scene for the beginning of their connection. The way Elie and his father view each other shows a drastic adjustment from Sighet to Buchenwald, Germany, the death place of Elie’s father. Not only does Elie Wiesel’s identity change from a name to a number, his relationship with his father transforms from not being able to communicate well in Sighet to being dependent on one another for their lives in Buchenwald.

He does this with the help of many people along the way including his best friend Guitar, his father, Macon Dead the second, and his aunt, Pilate Dead. Throughout the novel, readers will see many references to flight. Flight is a crucial part to both developing of the story and developing of the theme. Throughout Song of Solomon, Morrison develops the theme that no matter how long it takes, the flight of the soul will lead to a better life.

“Notes of a Native Son” is not only a touching essay, it is also a statement that was needed in the 1950s era. His youth is described in omnicolor, describing both the most grim and vibrant events of his life. His strained relationship with his father adding a personal, catalyst to both his and his father’s ire contributes to the reader’s understanding of Baldwin’s resistance to the mundane, tortuous path that lay before him, had he not fought against that future religiously. Baldwin’s conception of man through an analysis of not only himself, but the people surrounding him, leaves a question to be answered in the sternum of every American, a question both created and answered by

Tal Fortgang’s credibility relied on the history of Polish families that fleeing from Nazi terrorism. He based his reference on the efforts of his parents and grandparents leaving Poland and obtaining started anew in another country. In his essay, Tal refers to “privilege” as the hard work and experience that his family went through by phrasing it like, “Perhaps my privilege is that those two resilient individuals came to America with no money and no English, obtained citizenship, learned the language and met each other; that my grandfather started a humble wicker basket business with nothing but long hours, an idea, and an iron will—to paraphrase the man I never met: “I escaped Hitler” (page 2, par. 6). He goes on to add his parents in as hard working “privileged” immigrant decedents as well. The form of Ethos combined with the word “privilege” was strategically placed together to add relation to the author’s essay resulting in the opportunity to set up his Pathos for the

In Joe Aaron’s short story “Dad At 75,” Aaron uses a sort of narration to describe his father in the past and how that compares to him in the present. He shares his father’s harsh background during and following the Great Depression and how it made his father strong-willed and genuine. This paper will review Aaron’s story as well as his main arguments, and will summarize and evaluate the quality of this story and focus on any areas of weakness within. To briefly summarize this already short story, you must first understand that the whole story is Aaron talking about his father. He begins the story by saying “This is being written on the January day that my dad...has put three quarters of a century of living behind him…” (154)

His family was a planter family, and they learned their morals and manners. When growing up, he had many characteristics, so he was a man of character his whole life, I like to say. When Washington was a boy, his father died. He then married a widow, Martha Washington several years after his brother had died. They had two children and lived at Mount Vernon.

Like many second generation survivors, he feels that he represents all the perished people in their

The Power of Hope Gary Soto brings the impoverished, crime filled streets of the Mexican-American communities where he grew up to life by “evoking the harsh forces that often shape the life for Chicanos” (“‘Gary Soto’: Poetry Foundation” p. 1). He combines an archetypal young love poem with the concept of poverty to create the powerful poem: “Oranges” (1985). Soto also works with the notion of old age and the importance of life in his somber poem: “The Seventieth Year” (1986).

Taken For Granted It is often said to not judge a book by its cover. In the story “An Hour With Abuelo” a young teenage boy must visit his grandfather who doesn't have much time left to live at a nursing home in Brooklyn. Once his mother persuades him to go visit his grandfather he is not happy .As he arrives to his grandfather's room Arturo keeps looking at his watch timing one hour till he could go home. His grandfather tells him his life story not knowing how interested he would be into it.

Charles Foster Kane, who was he really? By Thompson ... (1941) Charles Kane was a man that some of us hated or some us loved. He was a mysterious man, we know nothing of him, however we have heard of him. From friends, family, or especially in the newspaper, but who was he really?