Assertion Anaylsis #7

       Ta Hool Hool Shute's assertion is that he is tired of fighting. He believes that fighting gets no one anywhere. Fighting, only makes matters worse and caused tons of deaths. It has caused others to flee, and resulted in them dying because of things like starvation and extreme temperatures. He uses rhetorical devices such as pathos and parallelism to create a deeper meaning to his assertion.
       Ta Hool Hool Shute uses parallelism to create a dramatic effect on the readers. He repeats the words dead or death at the end on most sentences. For example, he says, "He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death."This affects the audience because the word makes a bigger impact when it's at the end. It's the last word you see so it sticks on to you more. Not only that, but the author tries to interact with the audiences emotions.
       Shute using a very effective technique called pathos to create a emotional reaction from the readers. He uses pathos by talking about the death about children. People tend to be more sympathetic when a child dies, rather than an adult. He states, "I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find." He talks about not being able to find his children because of the war and how he has lost so many of them because of it.

Assertion Analysis #6

      John Fire Lame Deer's assertion is that before their "white brothers" appeared, everything was fine and they lived in a peaceful environment. The white trespassers promised the Native American things that they never kept and soon broke. Fire Lame Deer uses rhetorical devices like satire to go into depth as to why the White settlers caused chaos.

      Deer starts of his satiric assertion with, "Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men..." By saying this, he mocks how the white men invaded their land thinking and promising that they would make it a better place, when in reality, they created a mess and tried to fix "things" that were not even an issue to begin with. He also mocks the fact that they came to the land valuing human beings not for themselves as a person, but by wealth. They called the Indians uncivilized because they had no laws, no prisons, and weren't political. He ends his statement with another sarcastic remark, "We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived...".

Assertion Analysis #5

      James Baldwin explains that he isn't interested in anyone's guilt. He believe's that America has been wasting a lot of time focusing on past evens rather than focusing on the now. But because we are citizens, we are responsible for the things that happen in the future. The author uses rhetorical devices such as syntax to explain his assertion.

      The author uses syntax to assert that no one should feel guilty for the things that they weren't able to control. By saying "... I know you didn't do it, and I didn't do it either..." he equals himself with another person. He ends it with saying that even though it (the situation) had nothing to do with either person, they are still considered responsible for it because the past follows them around.

Assertion Analysis #4

      In today's society, we focus more on negative things rather than positives one. For example, Lincoln High School. Rather than praising the accomplishments the students make, they expose the mistakes that happen. The school is constantly put down because of it's reputation and past. Artist, Tupac, explains this by metaphorically comparing a rose growing from concrete to a mannered ghetto kid. He uses a metaphor to assert his belief.

      Tupac uses a metaphor by comparing a rose growing from concrete to a ghetto kid. This symbolizes the kid trying to become bigger than what was expected of him/her and people discouraging it from his/her's past. However, if they saw a rose grow from concrete which is very rare, they'd be fascinated by it. These two completely different things relate because it represents how the people would be more accepting of the flower where as judgmental and non supportive of the ghetto kid.

Assertion Analysis #3

      What is indifference? Indifference is the lack of interest, concern, or sympathy. Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, uses these contractions to explain how there are two sides to thing, and how it's not one or the other that are opposites. He believes that people nowadays are overall indifferent. That we don't care and are just oblivious to the important things and that we don't make an effort to do anything. For example, the Jews during the Holocaust. Why didn't anyone bother to unite and act on it and save millions from dying? Instead, we as a country just let it happen in a blink of an eye. He uses epistrophe to get his point across.

      Elie Weisel uses epistrophe to emphasize how he feels about indifference. He creates a pattern by adding this word to every end of a sentence because that's where it has the most effect on the audience. When he suggests that the opposite of life is not death, but that they are only indifferent. By this, he means that the opposite of life is actually not doing anything about life. Instead, it would be sitting around and letting things pass by without acknowledging or being active.

Assertion Analysis #2

      America is the place to be at, right? With all of new technology, cars, and many opportunities — no one can compete with that. However Author, Bill Bryson, has a different opinion on the topic. As he becomes more aware of what America really is, he realizes that is isn't all unicorns and rainbows and is unimpressed along with displeased with the outcome. He uses techniques such as syntax and hyperbole to illustrate how he really feels.  
      Bill Bryson uses syntax to sarcastically praise America and how it is the "richest and most powerful nation on earth because God likes us best". By using this technique, he goes on and makes a never ending list as to why America is superior to every other country. The list helps get his point across to make sure the audience knows "America is the best". Not only does he create the long list, he is also exaggerates about it.
      The author uses hyperbole to make things look better than they seem. He sarcastically says that one of the reasons why we are so superior is because of our ridiculously low gasoline price. However, this is fact is proven wrong hence Fox Business ranked us one of the top 10 countries with the highest gasoline prices.

                                                

Assertion Analysis #1

        In society, we have created this aspiration in life called The American Dream. With that, comes many different perspectives. Some believe that everyone has an equal opportunity to be successful and have a happy lifestyle with hard work, however, other believe that this dream is nearly dead. Author of many popular books, John Green, mocks this idea implying that the American Dream is a joke. He uses hyperbole and satire to express his opinion.

Green creates a humorous tone with his audience, and in this case, is lady and gentleman. He uses satire when he says his parents left Korea with nothing but the clothes on their backs. He also makes a joke on how his parents sacrificed so much, only for their son to lose his virginity to a cheerleader in a waffle house bathroom. Metaphorically, I think he’s trying to say that people who travel to have a “better life”, came for nothing.