Thursday, October 24, 2019
Rhetorical Analysis for ââ¬ÅWays of Talkingââ¬Â Essay
The optimist sees the rose and not its thornsà ¾ the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the roseâ⬠, said Kahil Gibran, a Lebanese artist, poet, and writer. In other words, optimists see the more favorable side of the flower, the beauty of the rose, while pessimists focus on the negative parts, blinding their view of the beauty. Ha Jinââ¬â¢s poem relates to this because he illustrates the change from a pessimist to an optimist. In his poem ââ¬Å"Ways of Talkingâ⬠, Jin explicates the beauty that arises once we rid of our negative minds. Jin uses the word ââ¬Å"griefâ⬠to explain that we used to choose to lament, then we couldnââ¬â¢t help to, and finally we stopped doing so. Why did he incorporate ââ¬Å"griefâ⬠? Why not ââ¬Å"mourningâ⬠or ââ¬Å"bereavementâ⬠? Grief is a response to loss, as is mourningà ¾ although, mourning results in a loss that produces a strong emotional response, one much stronger than grief . Grief is used because Jin is getting across that whatever causes it can be overlookedà ¾ we need only to find the positive in losses. He includes repetition of ââ¬Å"talking about/expressing griefâ⬠to elucidate the stages of choosing to focus on negatives, being able to only see the negatives, and deciding to stop focusing on negatives.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.