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Rhetorical Elements In Jamaica Kincaid Dario And Adichie

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Through the use of rhetorical elements, Kincaid, Dario, and Adichie each attempt in communicating their belief of a certain idea and perspective. In her short book, Kincaid criticizes privileged people as she reminisces her former life in Antigua. Meanwhile, through his poem, Dario expresses his belief of the differences between Americans who originate from the North and those who originate from the South. Finally, Adichie highlights the negative influences of a single story in which a story is told through a biased perspective. Ultimately, Dario and Adichie successfully open a dialogue while Kincaid is unable to effectively do so. Within her book, Jamaica Kincaid constantly expresses her ideas in a pessimistic tone. As she declares that “a tourist is an ugly human being” (Kincaid 14), Kincaid is appealing to her emotions and is therefore …show more content…

Referring to how white people are corrupt and unjust, she tells the story of the Barclays brothers who were slave traders. Jamaica Kincaid evidently reveals her anger as she says that “hell is not enough of a punishment” (Kincaid 26-27). Clearly Kincaid is against slavery is furious about. However, Kincaid doesn’t follow up on the idea by adding an alternative to how she thinks slave owners should have been punished. The lack of an alternative proposal makes her argument less credible and logical at the same time. If she had proposed an idea for what she believes would be an ideal punishment, her argument could have had more support. In this situation, Kincaid fails to illustrate sufficient use of either logos or ethos. Through stating that “Antiguans thought that the people at the Mill Reef Club had such bad manners, like pigs” (Kincaid 27), Kincaid is using her emotions and connection to the people of Antigua to form a biased perspective. Using pathos, she is taking any example and using it to discriminate against white people without opening much room for

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