Lizzie Borden Her School And Later Life A Noble Woman Although Retiring Summary

One’s emotions are not drastically stricken or changed when a stranger speaks well of another stranger, specially not when a bad impression has already been formed. The writer of the article “Lizzie Borden: Her School and Later Life – A Noble Woman, Though Retiring”, published in the Boston Herald, attempts to do just that. Lizzie Borden was being accused of murder and the writer sought to prove, through an extensive analysis of her appearance, that Lizzie could not be guilty. The authors use of faulty logic and emotional appeal leads him to focus on outward appearance, due to the lack of substantial knowledge, and thus the articles superficial argument does no good in proving Lizzie Borden’s innocence.

The writer of the articles fails to

His logic can lead to misinterpretations because the piece is so brief and talks of nothing but good thins about her, though most are very superficial. So in order to fully grasp what the writer attempts to do, we must examine the piece thoroughly. For example, stating that her parents “were regular church attendants, and she has been surrounded by Christian Home influences” (2) does not mean that any of it rubbed on her. Being religious does not mean one is good; it does not make sense to automatically assume that. Just like war in the name of religion does not make it any less of a war. The writer points out all “of the friends who today sound her praises” (2). Which in reality makes no sense when pieced together with everything else in the article. According to the writer, Borden had only recently turned her social life around. For the majority of her life Borden, as described by the writer, “thought people were not favorably disposed to her and that she made a poor impression” (2). It is easy to see that Borden was not very easy to talk to and much less approachable for most of her life. She lacked confidence in herself, which stemmed from the protected and isolated way in which she was raised. It’s safe to wonder if Borden’s turnaround was really out of a desire to change the parameters of her life or if it was a façade she would use to her advantage after the