Tow #10: Bad Mix

This political cartoon is very emotional because it causes so many problems in our society: drinking and driving. This political cartoon illustrates how wrong drinking and driving is. The context of this cartoon is drinking and driving and how problematic it is in our society. The author made this cartoon to depict how bad of a choice drinking and driving is and that it never ends well.
 John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist and this image is really credible because it uses rhetorics. The main rhetorical device in this cartoon is juxtaposition because it compares drinking and driving. It shows the outcomes of this are not good. The illustration of this cartoon is very creative because it has the car sinking into the martini glass. This is very ironic because it shows the consequences of drinking and driving and how they are never good. The red color in "Bad Mix" really brings attention to the eye because it shows emphasizes on how bad drinking and driving is.
I think that the author didn't do as well of a job illustrating the irony in drinking and driving because more could have been done to show the disastrous effects of drinking and driving instead of making it look like an ironic satire.

Tow #9: When Police Enter a Home

This editorial was about whether or not police are allowed to enter a home without a warrant, but with consent of the owner. It talks about the privacy of the home being the most important and police really should obtain a warrant.

This editorial was posted on behalf of a case in 2009, when police entered Walter Fernandez's home with the consent of his girlfriend. They found a shotgun, ammunition and a knife that Walter used in a robbery. This was evidence enough to arrest him. Walter appealed because he claimed that this was unreasonable unwarranted search. Well the purpose of this editorial was to show that when police search your home, they will most likely have a warrant with cause.

This editorial was written for people who object searches of their home when they know they are guilty of something. It was composed by the Editorial Board of the New York Times and it is highly credible because the Editorial Board is a group of many journalists who study various topics. Plus, this editorial had a lot of facts.

Facts was one of the rhetorical strategies this editorial used. Starting out this editorial, a reference to the 4th amendment was made and it automatically established ethos. Listing facts and providing evidence for this crime that was committed really provided a lot of evidence and established great ethos. Rhetorical questions such as ," But what if the police lawfully arrest the objecting tenant and remove him from the home may they enter then?" Helped appeal to the logic of the audience causing them to think on the subject of the matter.

I think that the authors briefly achieved their purpose by providing evidence,

but I feel as if they could have included more examples to show that most often of the times then not, the police have a warrant plus a reason to search a home.

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The Glass Castle, is a memoir by Jeanette Walls which recalls her childhood. Her parents had very different ideals and their stubborn noncomformity was what ultimately led to their downfall. It talks about the dysfunction of the family and how Jeanette and her other 3 brothers and sisters had to support one another in order to leave the family.
This book was written to show people about the struggles of life and how everything can collapse all of a sudden. It was written for people who need to learn and value life and understand how hard it may be. I chose to read this book because I feel like it has moral lessons in it and it sounds very interesting to me how kids could live and support themselves with the absense of care from their parents. After reading this, I hope to gain a better appreciation of what I have and how truly lucky and privelaged some people are and that they need to appreciate it more.

 

Tow #8: In Cold Blood

 In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, talks about the brutal murders of the Clutter family in 1959. Capote learned about the murders and he traveled to Kansas to write about these horrific crimes. He wanted people to know what had happened. Together with Nelle Harper Lee, his friend, they interviewed residents and investigators in order to put together this non-fiction piece about the tragic, unreasonable deaths of the Clutters.
Truman Capote was a very credible author, credible to many short stories, novels, and plays. Most of his works are nonfiction and literary classics. He is very credible because In Cold Blood was put together through interviews of people living near the Clutters, and through investigations done by the police.
Truman Capote is a remarkable writer and his way of writing is really what makes his novel stand out. The first chapter of the book introduces the characters and the situation. It is not very descriptive, but enough to get the reader informed of what the context is. However, throughout the novel, crucial evidence and imagery are provided so that the reader can get a good sense of the event and what happened. Reading this book gave me a lot of anticipation because Capote did such a great job of introducing the scene and making me anticipate of what was going to happen next.
Reading this book, there was a lot of foreshadowing and that, in my opinion, was a very successful technique because it helped me understand and to prepare me for what was going to happen next.
Overall, this was one of the most thrilling books I've ever read. It was also not like any other book I have ever read because it is so remarkably structured together with the diction and the following up to many events. Truman Capote did an excellent job.