Rhetorical Techniques In Lord Of The Flies By Stephen Hawking

very well be false or very different from how the book describes them, however, as of now, they are the most plausible and accepted ideas available. This proves true for the general theory of relativity as it became victim to contradiction when “[it] predicts that there is a point in the universe where the theory itself breaks down.” (¶) A big rhetorical technique used in the book are tropes (analogies/metaphors). This is very effective in helping the readers understand the book better as it turns theoretical objects into recognizable ones. For instance, Stephen Hawking, in the book, compared “watching an airplane flying over hilly ground” (Hawking 31) to geodesic, or gravitational paths. Another rhetorical device in use are hypoboles as Stephen

He has a very erudite tone in his writing because of his easy to understand choice of words and sentence structures; he does not try to confuse the reader and therefore sounded like he knew what he was talking about. This can be seen when he tried to explain what a wormhole is by writing “a wormhole is a thin tube of space-time which can connect two nearly flat regions far apart.” (Hawking 163). Through this quote, we can see that Stephen Hawking refrains from using foreign scientific terminologies (such as topological feature) and complicated math equations (such as Raychaudhuri's theorem) to explain theoretical phenomenons. In addition to his erudite tone, he also built an ebullient tone. From reading the book, it is clear that Stephen Hawking spent a lot of time learning about theoretical physics and that he is enthusiastic about it. In the quote, “during the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques,” (Hawking 53) it is clear that Stephen Hawking has, at least, devoted a “few years” to theoretical physics. Furthermore, Stephen Hawking used a lot of exclamation points to express his enthusiasm (he used 66 exclamation points). Stephen Hawking’s mentor/teacher like tone is very effective at helping the reader learn from each passage. This is done by making sure that the reader can understand what is being said and to engage with the