The Hands Of The Restless Poor Rhetorical Analysis
After reading “As a Weapon in The Hands of The Restless Poor” one can feel motivated to help those in need. Earl Shorris appeals to emotion when he talks about creating a program to start to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate. He starts out the story to say he is writing a book which makes him an author which is an example of ethos because he seems reliable. Shorris then states that the poor have been “Cheated” which is substantially true because the rich were given the opportunity to succeed more as someone who is poor and cannot even afford to feed themselves. In order to help the less fortunate out he has to create a program to help the poor succeed. After a Rhetorical analysis of “As a Weapon in The Hands of The Restless Poor” by Earl Shorris one can conclude that most people take for granted even the little things in life, if one were to open their eyes and see there are many people who do not have a dollar to their name, and we have so much that we tend to lose focus on helping the less fortunate succeed in the world we live in today.
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It seems to be that Shorris wants to just interview inmates at a prison and see what their views are, but one inmate starts to question what he is doing. This makes him unsure of himself if he is making the right book. Shorris starts to question himself which makes the tone seem different, instead of an author creating a book it went to a tone where it seems Shorris is questioning himself. This is where he changes his mind and instead he is going to help those out who are in need which shows more emotion. The tone changes quickly in the short story to a more happy upbeat tone instead of an author who is just writing a
It seems to be that Shorris wants to just interview inmates at a prison and see what their views are, but one inmate starts to question what he is doing. This makes him unsure of himself if he is making the right book. Shorris starts to question himself which makes the tone seem different, instead of an author creating a book it went to a tone where it seems Shorris is questioning himself. This is where he changes his mind and instead he is going to help those out who are in need which shows more emotion. The tone changes quickly in the short story to a more happy upbeat tone instead of an author who is just writing a