The Glass Castle Rhetorical Analysis - 1619 Words

Argument In The Glass Castle, Dad uses argument to get things he wants from his family. Many times he argues with Jeannette to get extra money for his alcohol. At one point in the book Dad wants money for alcohol, so he has to persuade Jeannette that the family will be okay without the extra twenty dollars. â€Å"‘I’ve got bills piling up,’ [Jeannette] said. [She] could hear [her] voice going shrill, but [she] couldnt control it, ‘I’ve got kids to feed.’ ‘Don’t worry about food and bills,’ Dad said, ‘thats for me to worry about. Okay?’† (Walls 210). Rhetoric In The Great Gatsby, Nick uses a lot of rhetoric to convince the other characters to do things. He is the man in control of the situation and has to keep the other characters doing the†¦show more content†¦He appeals their emotions many times throughout the book by saying he has never let them down. A citation of Father using pathos is when he asks â€Å"‘Have I ever let you down?’† (Walls 210). Father is using pathos to get Jeannette to give him something. He is appealing to her emotions because she knows she cannot say he has let them down because he is doing his best to support the family. Voice The Great Gatsby has a unique voice. It is amazed and disgusted at the same time. At times humans seem nice and at others, they are unkind and evil. An example of how the voice is shown is when Nick says â€Å"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life† (Fitzgerald 35). This quote explains how Nick feels about the people in the book because he begins to understands how amazing but also disgusting human nature is. Diction In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carroway uses concrete diction to tell the story. He tries to show the reader what is going on. â€Å"It was a few days before the Fourth of July and a scrawny Italian child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track† (Fitzgerald 26). The narrator is giving the reader a mental picture of what is going on instead of trying to simply explain what is going on. Connotation In The Great Gatsby, the way Gatsby talks has a very friendly connotation. He seems like he wants to be friends with everyone He says â€Å"Want to go with me, old sport? 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