He uses strong, inspirational language like, “great task”, “devotion”, “freedom”, etc. This further serves to motivate the audience. By saying, “last full measure of devotion”, Lincoln employs more poetic words than just, “gave their lives”, which shows the soldiers gave everything they had and the audience needs to complete their mission of uniting the nation. Lincoln includes an allusion to the Pledge of Allegiance with the words, “under God”, to return to the idea of the beginning fundamentals of the country and how they brought us together. He again employs asyndeton with, “of the people, by the people, for the people”, which also shows unity as a country.
In describing the land as extensively beautiful and “out there”, Truman Capote is setting an environment of an isolated small town, where not much ever happens. This sets a contradictory theme for the rest of the book, as a small community of neighbors and friends turn on each other after a series of murders take place. In describing the town of Holcomb, Kansas, Capote uses strong imagery to set the tone for the small town as “calm before the storm.” Furthermore, Capote compares the unique grain fields to that of ancient Greek temples, indicating that the story contained in this novel has a larger significance as an inside look of timeless human themes such as murder and hatred and how these have existed for all of humanity.
In the story I read “How to Write a Memoir,” William Zinsser gave very important advice. In the article William Zinsser only give three advice. The three advice William Zinsser gives us are “be yourself,” “speak freely,” and “think small.” William Zinsser gave good advice about “be yourself.” In the story I read “Knucklehead” my author “Jon Scienszka” follows that advice.
He says in the third paragraph “let us judge not, that we be not judged.” This is a direct allusion to Jesus and his statement “Judge not lest we be judged.” It reflects the Christian values of forgiveness, something North and South share, and that should certainly apply for both in their current situation Lincoln also quotes the Bible twice in the third paragraph, in the sections “woe…cometh” and “the judgements…righteous altogether.” Both these allusions point how the values shared by North and south apply to the current situation. With frequent use of He and Him, Lincoln shows how the war may fall into God’s plan; this encourages both sides to not lose faith, and to bear in mind God’s teachings should still be
As most men and women in America are Christian, Lincoln’s references to bible and God evoke a powerful message. “With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right…” Despite America being divided at that time, Lincoln claims that all of America is under God. And although many southerners have reasons to despise Lincoln, but they can’t blatantly ignore his appeals to the Christian faith. Lincoln also brings up the alternative to his optimism using religion.
The audience of his speech was the relevant American government workers. Lincoln predominantly uses pathos and ethos to show that both the North and South deserved blame for the immoral sin of slavery, and to prepare for the progression away from slavery for America. In Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address’ he introduces how his first four-year presidential term has come to end, and about the nation going through a soon-to-end civil war over slavery. Lincoln’s first two words in the speech are “Fellow countrymen” (Lincoln), which may seem insignificant to some, but it is pathos.
He felt driven to enhance the nation, even if there was nothing inherently wrong with its current state. Despite their opposing moods, both the Address and the Proclamation share a resolute nature. This unwavering determination amplified their impact, ultimately leading to the realization of their respective goals. Robinson 2 To illustrate Lincoln's unwavering moral compass, we examine textual evidence of his steadfast dedication to safeguarding the Union, his resolute commitment to abolishing slavery, and his exceptional capacity to guide the country through a tumultuous era. Though both his Emancipation Proclamation and his renowned Gettysburg Address shared the singular objective of preserving the Union, the means by which they achieved this differed significantly.
He could imagine his deception of this town “nestled in a paper landscape,” (Collins 534). This image of the speaker shows the first sign of his delusional ideas of the people in his town. Collins create a connection between the speaker’s teacher teaching life and retired life in lines five and six of the poem. These connections are “ chalk dust flurrying down in winter, nights dark as a blackboard,” which compares images that the readers can picture.
He makes very specific word choices and phrases like using “conceived in liberty”, “dedicated”, and “proposition” (Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Online). He uses these words as very powerful and much more deeply meant than what someone would first think. He also uses “consecrate” and “final resting place” to illustrate how this site of the battle wasn’t going to be remembered as where he made his speech, “nor remember what we say here”, but as where so many men lost there lives for something that they believed in (Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
“Hurt Hawks”, by Robinson Jeffers, tells the story of a hawk whose wing is hurt and a man who makes the decision to take the hawk out of its misery by killing it. Jeffers describes the hawk in the first stanza of the poem by stating, “The broken pillar of the wing jags from the clotted shoulder, / The wing trails like a banner in defeat, / No more to use the sky forever but live with famine” (Lines 1-3). Jeffers is describing the hawk’s broken wing as the bone protrudes from the skin and blood has clotted on its wing. He describes the wing as white like a flag of surrendering to his fait.
At one point, Lincoln uses the line, “…that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…” (Lincoln) taking the approach of almost making the citizens feel guilty so they feel they need to continue the reason the fallen soldiers were fighting for. He gives the people a reason to fight for what they think is right. While using pathos, he also used egos with the same idea of using the fallen soldiers. Every time Lincoln mentioned the fallen soldiers, he’s referring to someone whom the people of the nation had put their trust in and believe in.
‘What methods are used to measure crime in the England and Wales? How far, and in what ways, do these provide us with an accurate picture of the prevalence of crime’? Crime statistics record began in 1876 (Bennett, 2001, p. 82). The two main methods which are used to measure crime in England and Wales are The Official Statistics and The British Crime Survey. Firstly, The Official Statistics informs us about crimes which have been Boivin and Cordeau (2011) ‘…detected, reported, recorded by the police’ (p.186) within England and Wales.
Lincoln says, “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.” Here Lincoln uses the word “we” instead of “you” to address the audience. The people
It emphasizes the gravity of what he has done. Lincoln has transcended death in American culture. He is simply an entity who watches over his country and, while he is not physically involved, his words coupled with the consequences of his actions have created a standard for being the ideal president and American. Thomas Craughwell knows best of Lincoln’s mark on history. Stealing Lincoln’s
“.. but it [world] can never forget what they did here.” (465) Here, Lincoln is discussing that the world can not forget about the many soldiers who died
