Chapter nine of David and Goliath talks about strength, how the difficult situations that we face in life, provide us with courage, tenacity, but above all, leave the feeling of being invincible, there is no fear. Gladwell tells the story of the town of Le Chambon, this town offered asylum to Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The Huguenots challenge the impositions of the Nazis, help the Jews and emerge victorious. Gladwell argument is that the Nazis, under no circumstances could defeat the resources that the Huguenots had. To convince us of the veracity of his argument, he uses some of the techniques of the book “They Say / I Say” through the story. For Gladwell, the Huguenots were people to whom the difficult situations that happened in life, helped them to lose their …show more content…
For example “He had plenty of extenuating circumstances, in other words, to justify a white lie.” with this metacommentary, Gladwell tells us what he thinks; for him, Trocme had the necessary reasons to justify a white lie. In the final part of the story, Gladwell says, “But in all likelihood, all that would mean is that another Andre Trocme would rise in his place.”, with this metacommentary, he reinforces his argument regarding why the Nazis did not act against Trocme, the use of force was not going to work. In my opinion, Gladwell achieved his goal of demonstrating his argument in this story. He uses the techniques of the book "The Say / I Say" in an excellent way, and promotes his argument intelligently. For me, it is important that a writer uses these techniques in his story, because they help the reader to understand the reason of the events, and at the same time, to understand the story. With the naysayer and metacommentary, he demonstrated his argument; The Nazis, under no circumstances could defeat the resources that the Huguenots
He writes how the Nazi destroys the Jewish and about the horrors of being put into a concentration camp. Only he knows what that was like seeing people starve to death and getting weak by the moment to the point of dying, seeing people be treated less than animals by the savage guards and being burnt and put into the same grave. All these traumatic memories were part of his young life. He was stripped of his childhood, of all the precious memories he could have made. His experiences definitely marked him for life in all the ways: mentally, spiritually and bodily.
The movie “We Still Live Here” talks about the revitalization of the Wampanoag’s language. After long generations of resilience and courage, a cultural revival is taking place now. Toodie Coombs, a Mashpee Wampanoag who appears in the film, asserts that the Wampanoags are a strong people, their strength is coming from living in two worlds. The two worlds she is referring to are the modern world they are living now, the American way of life, the modern life, the world where they speak English and on the other hand, there is the world before the white man came to this land, the world of their ancestors, their native way of life, with its own special characteristics culturally, economically and even biologically. I would like to start by the Wampanoag’s world in the past.
Language is the most favoured way of communication to other human beings. It is the fuel used to emancipate our passions. Language has colossal power and its effect solely relies on how we control and use it. Because words are frequently used subconsciously, people never realise how big of an impact words can be. This excellent novel, Don’t call me Ishmael, narrates a story about a boy, named Ishmael, who builds up both emotionally and physically as many barriers, trials and temptations come his way.
Some classmates felt that his last shred of hope to keep him alive was his hatred for the party while others agreed that his love for Julia would help him from conforming back to the ideals of the party. When discussing what another classmates have found in class it has helped me to understand other points I might have overlooked in the novels we have read. I have improved from these activities by writing down other points and
The author prevents bias from playing a role in the book, allowing the reader to experience the time period from both the patriot’s and Tory’s point of view. By doing this, Langguth shows the faults in the famous patriots and their cause, while also showing the reasonable aspects of the British cause. These are two viewpoints very rarely made evident in similar works. The book is also effective because of the style in which it is written. By explaining a history, that, because of the detail, is often found only in textbooks, in narration form, the author appeals to readers who are used to reading books written in that style, such as fantasy or young adult books that are often popular among high schoolers.
In the Code Talkers, Ned learns American ways and goes to serve in World War Two by being a Code Talker. In the novel, it shows the ability to find strength and courage through one's culture. The four examples I choose was Ned not wanting to forget his language, doing the Blessingsway ceremony, working hard/not giving up, and learning self-confidence as a marine. When Ned was in boarding school the teachers would punish Navajo children if the spoke Navajo. For some, the punishment was bad enough that it was hard to speak Navajo, but for Ned, it made him not want to forget it.
Gladwell 's main argument is that although hard work and talent are essential for success, one’s given opportunities and cultural legacy are what really drive them to the pinnacle of success. The first aspect that Gladwell introduces to support his argument is the importance of opportunity. One example that he talks about is “The Matthew Effect”. “The Matthew Effect” is shown through the Medicine Hat Tigers elite hockey team of Canada; if one was to look at the roster, which includes their birth dates, they would find something quite peculiar.
The word “truth” can be interpreted numerous ways regarding different situations and also the person that is telling the story. In the book, “ The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien wrote about his experience in the Vietnam War and how the war had impacted him and his fellow soldiers. Throughout the story, O’Brien begins to doubt himself and the accuracy of the story that he was telling. “ And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed” (O’Brien 54). Knowing that everything might not be what it seemed, O’Brien began to realize that “fact” and “truth” are two different items.
The book by Tony Palmer “Break of Day”, is thrilling and exciting but it also tackles so influential themes. The author expresses his feelings about world issues and many other different topics. He deals mainly with the themes of family secrets, death and bravery. In the book Palmer shows that every family has secrets, that death was always very common during war times and living on a farm back when that book was set and he also expresses his feeling about how everyone shows their true bravery and cowardice in their own time and in their own way.
Gladwell begins by writing about Maurice’s past and all his accomplishments. Gladwell writes, “ He was an elegant man who dressed in a homburg and Brooks Brothers suits. In the summer, he wore a straw boater.” The imagery and emotionally charged words like, “beautiful”, “prominent”,”vibrant.” and “ fortune” all show the state of wealth Maurice was in.
While his opinion is abundantly clear, he intelligently and craftily builds exceedingly relatable analogies for the reader. He tees the unsuspecting reader off with a light
Labor union organizer and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez in his article in the magazine of religious organization establishes the argument about nonviolent resistance. Chavez’s purpose is to argue that nonviolence is a more effective way of bringing change. Chavez adopts a purposeful tone to convince his readers that nonviolence is the better option to resistance. Chavez presents his argument on nonviolent resistance by claiming that “Non-violence is more powerful than violence” (12). Chavez compares Non-violence and violence using diction.
Synthesis Essay: Actions VS. Words Yash Gill Period: A Martin Luther King Jr. , the man who helped end segregation in the US, used words to show his thoughts nonviolently. What he did was revolutionary to this world because he overcame the difficult parts in his life and made that result into change. Some people however, take situations into their own hands and use violence as a way of handling a situation.
In “Teenage Girls Have Led Language Innovation for Centuries,” Helen Thompson explains why teenage girls should be praised for revolutionizing the English language over the years. Young women tend to have larger social awareness than men causing them to lead the adoption of new words. Thompson states that women are the “Uber of Language,” due to their control over English. Thompson says women are answerable for 90% of linguistic developments today (1). Thompson argues that young women during Shakespeare’s era conjured up the dramatic change in language.
2.2.2 Human Language According to linguistic anthropologist Charles F. Hockett (1960s), there are several characteristics regarding human language and they are named the design features of language. (Wkikpedia: Hockett’s design features, n.d., para. 1) (Is this direct quotation or indirection?) • Displacement