Rosie Charles
AP Eng III
Cabeza de Vaca
8/30/09
This piece of literature is based on Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Cabeza de Vaca. These are direct accountants, feelings, and emotions of Cabeza de Vaca on the “unknown”, so to speak. This article contains many rhetoric items yet, I should only examine three of them. For one, this article shows exceptional purpose. Also, the article conveys pathos and ethos.
The purpose of this article is not only to inform, but to help others understand. Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America informs us on exactly what Cabeza de Vaca went through and why. For example, the way he tells the reader about everything little and indirect thing that happened to him. Even though it may seem insignificant, it is still information. This article also helps others to understand. To understand why Cabeza de Vaca was the person he is. He also wanted readers to understand the cultures of the many different Indians tribes that he ran into. I believe that he did this to show who the real “bad guys” were.
In this excerpt, pathos is very much used. The whole article conveys emotion, because it is reality to Cabeza de Vaca. As you know, imagery is related to pathos. In this piece, there is a specific area that uses amazing imagery. Before the quote, Cabeza de Vaca is speaking about the hard labor and what the sun did to their skin since they were not use to the heat and conditions. “The region is so broken and so overgrown that often, when we gathered wood, blood flowed from us in many places where the thorns and shrubs tore our flesh.” While reading this, I can picture exactly what he was describing. I am sure other readers can also.
Most importantly, this article contains ethos. Ethos is the presence of credibility. Who else would be more credible to tell Cabeza de Vaca’s story than him? Exactly! By the story being written by him, readers have no doubt that every bit and piece of written material is the truth. Also, since the writer is Cabeza de Vaca, it bring a hint of life to everything that is said, done, and spoken.
This is an amazing article written with great passion. Cabeza de Vaca inspires me and I hope many with this article. It expresses great purpose and understanding. It also shows emotion and imagery through diction. Most importantly it express understanding, and credibility.
AP Eng III
Cabeza de Vaca
8/30/09
This piece of literature is based on Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Cabeza de Vaca. These are direct accountants, feelings, and emotions of Cabeza de Vaca on the “unknown”, so to speak. This article contains many rhetoric items yet, I should only examine three of them. For one, this article shows exceptional purpose. Also, the article conveys pathos and ethos.
The purpose of this article is not only to inform, but to help others understand. Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America informs us on exactly what Cabeza de Vaca went through and why. For example, the way he tells the reader about everything little and indirect thing that happened to him. Even though it may seem insignificant, it is still information. This article also helps others to understand. To understand why Cabeza de Vaca was the person he is. He also wanted readers to understand the cultures of the many different Indians tribes that he ran into. I believe that he did this to show who the real “bad guys” were.
In this excerpt, pathos is very much used. The whole article conveys emotion, because it is reality to Cabeza de Vaca. As you know, imagery is related to pathos. In this piece, there is a specific area that uses amazing imagery. Before the quote, Cabeza de Vaca is speaking about the hard labor and what the sun did to their skin since they were not use to the heat and conditions. “The region is so broken and so overgrown that often, when we gathered wood, blood flowed from us in many places where the thorns and shrubs tore our flesh.” While reading this, I can picture exactly what he was describing. I am sure other readers can also.
Most importantly, this article contains ethos. Ethos is the presence of credibility. Who else would be more credible to tell Cabeza de Vaca’s story than him? Exactly! By the story being written by him, readers have no doubt that every bit and piece of written material is the truth. Also, since the writer is Cabeza de Vaca, it bring a hint of life to everything that is said, done, and spoken.
This is an amazing article written with great passion. Cabeza de Vaca inspires me and I hope many with this article. It expresses great purpose and understanding. It also shows emotion and imagery through diction. Most importantly it express understanding, and credibility.
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