Rhetorical Analysis Of Tommy Wiseau's Obsession With Aging

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From my observation, this analysis demonstrates Tommy Wiseau’s obsession with aging and proves how Tommy’s eccentricity shows Tommy’s attempt to associate himself with youth and to fit in as an American. 1.5- Tommy focuses on his youthful image while attempting to be an American. 1.75- So far the author’s argument matches my understanding of the argument. However, I think the part that Tommy attempts to be American is a bit quiet in the essay, it is gently argued towards the end of the analysis. 2. The argument seems to be based on profound ideas; however, The author tends to focus too much on Tommy’s peculiarity rather than on analyzing how and why the details depicts Tommy’s obsession with aging. Nevertheless, the claim is argument …show more content…

Yes, the argument is sufficiently based in the rhetoric. I see that the author analyzes the text part of the rhetorical triangle to support her claim. There are analysis on the author’s use of diction and thus the text closely examines on how the text is put together. 4. The analysis offers a smooth transition from one interpretation to another that seems to build up onto the support for the primary argument. 5. The author has analyzed the style of the text and the historical context of the memoir. Each element contains sufficient analysis with textual and outside resources used as evidences. The quotes are well chosen and do fit the text-to-analysis ratio throughout the analysis. The analysis is decent in length, not crowded with summaries to the quotes. They do showcase close-up readings to support the main claim. 6. The argument starts off with a context to the quote or description. Then the author shortly summarizes the outside source, immediately followed by analysis. So far, the ideas are well-connected, and each paragraph maintains one direct focus, not shifting back in forth on the idea. Each analysis is sufficient, so there is not a part that I feel the author just stuffs all of the ideas …show more content…

The author analyzes the message of the text to support her argument. Moreover, for connections to the outside world, I see links to the historical context and mainly to the audience. The analysis of each element is sufficient, they fit the analysis-to-source ratio well for the most part. The sources seem to be reliable to be used to support the argument. There should be more analysis to support how the American that Tommy wants to be in Greg’s words is a way that depicts the average American. The explanations are in good length, and the arguments includes the “to-what-effect.” The analysis demonstrates close-up reading by the