Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Listen To The North' By J. R. Lee
Words: 1072
Pages: 5
Canadian Identity: A Rhetorical Analysis Essay
In this essay, the articles ‘Listen to the north’ by John Ralston Saul and ‘Which ‘Native’ History? By Whom? For Whom?’ by J.R. Miller will be analyzed, specifically looking at each authors argument and his appeal to ethos, logos and pathos. In the first article, ‘Listen to the North’, author John Ralston Saul argues that current Canadian policy when it comes to our north, and the people that reside there, is out of date and based on southern ideals that hold little bearing on the realities that face northern populations. He suggests instead that the policies and regulations should be shaped by people who know the territory and it’s needs, namely people who live there. In the second Where is argument falls short in contrast to ‘Listen to the North’ is the fact that though Miller makes the logical point of the recording of said history should be shared, he does not go on to provide as strong examples to his point, where Saul does. The last appeal that was made in ‘Listen to the north’ was the appeal to pathos. The author shares a sense of how ridiculous it is that northern peoples have less of an influential role in planning policy and regulation in the north. Using the example of the snowmobiles that rangers have to urinate on to get started in the cold north, Saul portrays a sense of the almost comical nature of having persons who live far away from the real life issues and hardships form policies. The reader then feels the same way the author does, which defiantly advances his argument. Miller also makes his appeal to pathos in ‘Which ‘Native’ History? By Whom? For Whom?’, but again, I believe that it is a less effective argument, and appeals less to the emotions of his audience. Millers argument is more based off a feeling of ownership he tries to create in his audience, the native-newcomer history belongs to both parties, not one exclusively, this creates a feeling of entitlement, as well as a feeling of being included. At the end of the article, Miller states “Which 'Native' history? Native-newcomer history. By whom? Any and all students
Related Documents: Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Listen To The North' By J. R. Lee
Deforestation in the Amazon Over the past 30 years, the Amazon has lost more than520,000 km2 of forest. The loss continues at up to 27,000 km2 annually since 1990, an area almost the size of Belgium. Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest—an area larger than Greece—and since 1970, over 600,000 square kilometers (232,000 square miles) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. What can be done to slow deforestation? Why is the Brazilian Amazon being…
[pic] [pic] Question #1: WHY IS COLLEGE IMPORTANT? Discover 10 key reasons why college is important for you to consider for your child. Answer: Education holds the key to your child's future. Education can help your child reach his/her life goals and dreams. Education will help your child choose what he/she wants in life. Here are 10 key reasons why going to college is important for your child: • Education opens up doors. The more education your child gets, the more choices and opportunities…
Overview The projects ultimate goal is to make sure a company has enough room for their growing company. The company is expanding rapidly and is needing more room for all the agents that they are hiring for their call center. The company is looking into two different options that they could potentially do to benefit their growing company. There are different challenges that the project will encounter. The first challenge will be trying to figure out exactly what way will best benefit them for their…
Monique R Rishi Ramnath ENGL 1301 13 December 2013 Checking Into an Institution One thing about life that we all can expect, is the fact that we know that we will all grow old. We are all born as infants, tiny babies that no nothing of speaking words, how to walk, or do much of anything on our own. Our parents are the ones that make sure that we receive all we need, and help us to walk, talk, and eventually take care of ourselves. With time comes age, we go from being taken care of, to taking…
In class we have discussed so much about the popular music that has influenced Brazil’s culture and who Brazil’s culture has influenced the world we live in today. One aspect that I find truly remarkable is the amount of Brazilian nationalism that is expressed in almost all Brazilian songs. The place that we can see this tremendous surge in Brazilian nationalism is in the movie Orfeu which we recently finished watching in class. This movie showed us, not only how important Carnival is to the country…
Joseph P. Johnson Atomic Bombing CBA World History B Period 3 6 June 2012 Crossing the Moral Threshold? On August 6, 1945, a new step in technological warfare was taken when the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The impact of the bomb alone killed at least 66,000 people. (Atomic bomb) this was an event that would not soon be forgotten in history. The American, government knew the devastating effects of their new weapon, still chose to use it rather than…
India’s Indepen dence Moveme nt April 24 2013 The Indian independence movement affected the many different sections of its society. It went through many different processes of evolution. The basic ideas of the movement was anticolonial, or against the expansion of colonies in one territory by the people from another. At a certain point the movement on a different view. There was lots of influence by the INC which moved it more towards a socialist movement. The rights of Muslims were soon protected by the…
Intro… Many very significant events occurred during the progressive and imperialistic eras. The USA had reforms passed that promoted equality; reforms that bettered working conditions in the factories that were popping up everywhere; even reforms that promoted education of the kids, whether the kids were immigrants or of American Descent. Throughout this time period we also spread the noble and just idea of democracy all across the world. We helped free nations like the Philippines and the Panamanians…
Food Diary Project In the five days that I recorded what I ate, I think I did pretty decent because I kept good amount of proportions, I ate fast food once in a while, and I tried to stay away from unhealthy foods. I kept my calories down, I had almost no amount of Trans fat in any of my foods, but I did consume a quite a bit of fat on the first few days, but I think overall I eat a good, healthy amount of food every day. Now let’s start with calories. My amount the calories per day was average…
Brianna Sims Prof Burns Govt 2301 30 April 2013 Discrimination is defined as the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Discrimination has been around ever since the 1800’s and still exists today. The term Native Americans “refers to the hundreds of societies including Aletus, Cherokee, Zuni, Sioux, Mohawk, Aztec, and Inca. After the Revolutionary War, the U.S. government adopted a pluralistic approach…