Rhetorical Analysis On Joan Didion

She ends up throwing her college psychology book at her and attempting to choke her. Mary calls Mrs. Turpin an old wart hog from hell just before the doctor sedates her. Mary Grace is taken to the hospital while Mrs. Turpin and her husband are well enough to go home. Once they are home, Mrs. Turpin mulls over the fact that Mary Grace called her an old warthog from hell, and quickly her attitude turns into wrath. After she cries out to God with anger she has a vision and a revelation.

Irony in “The Destructors” This essay is going to be about the presence of irony in “The Destructors” by Graham Greene. Irony is a key element to this short story, there are multiple examples toward the end of the story when the gang destroyed Mr. Thomas’s house, such as when Mr. Thomas scraped mud off of his shoes to avoid getting his house dirty, when Mr. Thomas heard sounds of destruction, and when Mr. Thomas’s horoscope said destruction may be on the path. In the next few paragraphs, these examples will be explained. “He didn’t want to soil his house, which stood jagged and dark between the bomb sites, saved so narrowly, as he believed, from destruction.”

Ellen Foster: A contemporary work written by Kaye Gibbons Kaye Gibbons’ Ellen Foster is a contemporary work that discusses women, cultures, and abuse. Ellen Foster is considered contemporary because it was written in the post World War era, and the topics within the book conflict with the ideals of the time period in which it was written. To capture the attention of an audience and enhance the mood of the book, Gibbons used diction, sentence structure, and misspelled words in a way that only the main character would. Gibbons was able to express her feelings on controversial topics through the situations characters experienced throughout her book. One might wonder when and where the inspiration for the setting of Ellen Foster began.

The quotes, “Nineteen miles to the nearest sign of civilisation- a shanty on the main road” and “One of the children died while she was here alone. She rode nineteen miles for assistance, carrying the dead child” go hand in hand displaying the alienation and harshness of living in the bush. The first quote, “Nineteen miles to the nearest sign of civilisation- a shanty on the main road”, shows how isolating the area can be, with no houses

In this way of using the motif of the atomic bomb, Cormier helps the reader to understand Henry more. It tells the reader more about his past, about his friends and his brother. Also, it shows that Henry is a fearful person. He is so scared about the atomic bomb exploding and killing everyone, that he has nightmares about it. Henry keeps many problems to himself, afraid that it would overwhelm his mother or father too much, in addition to them still coping with the death of their son.

During the chaos of Montag committing murder he had Faber's shell in his ear, but in order to protect Faber he puts the shell in fire. According to Montag "Faber was back there in the seaming lump of tar that has no name or identity now. He had burnt Faber too"(34). Montag was very appreciative of all the things Faber had done for him , so the very least he could have done was to protect him from getting in trouble with the authorities. For the simple reason that he knew the consequence of what would have happened if Faber got caught, Montag threw the shell he was using to communicate to Faber into fire.

Gladwell instills the technique of repetition to spark feelings from the reader to persuade his audience. Making use of pathos. He also appeals to the reader’s emotions in his last and final thoughts stating, “..we could try to console ourselves with the thought that there was nothing we could do, that no law or intervention or restrictions on guns could make a difference….. But the riot has now engulfed the boys who were once content to play with chemistry sets in the basement.” (page 13) to force the reader to ponder on this

The passion behind his “burning kiss” on her corpse differs greatly than his previous feelings of unwillingness while Porphyria controlled him (Browning ). The narrator describes Porphyria reacting well to his newfound power, as “her cheek blushed bright” (Browning ) He justifies his actions in the last line of the poem by using the highest power. According to the narrator, “God has not said a word!” (Browning ).

As John describes the series of events to Holmes, Holmes becomes astonished and amazed by the chaotic incidents. As he sits in silence, eyes reaching to find somewhat of reasoning by staring into the blaze of the dancing flames, “Holmes makes some preliminary observations and speculates upon a possible solution to the puzzle…”(Magill766). Holmes supplied John with the best advice and explanation of the burden John was left with. He gave John no time to speak and told him he needed to take action and write back to the address and state that his uncle, Elias, had burnt documents. With that being said, John did as he was told because he did not have self-reliance.

In the final chapter the demonic dragon Nimona is causing rampage to the city as Goldenlion and Blackheart devise a plan to help. G.L decide to kill the demonic half but B.H insist by talking will calm her down and use Dr. Blitzmeyer’s device to temporarily shut down her powers (Stevenson 206-217). Blackheart’s opinion strongly show how much he grew care and the impact in his life. Before he was heistatant in trust however Nimona was inspiration of his former self with ambition. In return he was a parent since he felt sympathy for her false tragic.

In this essay Nancy Mairs presents herself as someone who is crippled. Out of many others possibilities of names to be called Mairs states that she prefers being called "crippled" because it is more straightforward and precise. In addition she states that she would like to be seen as a tough person whom fate/gods have not been kind to. The word "crippled" also evokes emotion from people which is also what she would like. Furthermore Nancy Mairs does not like other words such as "disabled" or "handicapped" to be used as a description her.