Rhetorical Analysis: 1st chapter of Virginia 1606 (redo)

During the class discussion about the first chapter of Virginia; I came to the conclusion that King James is the author because he was the one speaking. From my understanding the audience is the people from the first and second colonies that want to rule in Virginia. The tone of this writing is authoritative and persuasive because it is very straight forward and gives a lot of information about the plan for two cities/colonies. I gathered that the purpose of the first chapter of Virginia is to persuade the successors about creating Virginia with two cities. Ethos: I believe that the ethics of this writing is authority; King James is authoritative because he and the successors want the land to build a new colony of their own. Pathos: All the successors in the first chapter of Virginia would be the characters. The successors are credible because most people looked to them as honest and trust worthy. Logos: There was a lot of logical persuasion in the reading because that was basically the purpose of writing this; to persuade others to agree to the division of Virginia into two "cities."

Rhetorical Analysis: 1st chapter of Viginia 1606

After reading the first chapter of Virginia I believe that Lukin is the author, only because his name is at the end... otherwise I can't gather any other information on who the author is. From my understanding the audience is the people from the first and second colonies that want to rule in Virginia. The tone of this writing is definitely boring and irritating because it's hard to follow and goes on and on about names, degrees, Plantation and Habitation. I gathered that the purpose of the first chapter of Virginia is having the two "cities" and establishing them as colonies. The writing is persuasive in a logical way because there was a plan to divide Virginia into two cities and there were exact degrees upon doing so, which concludes me to think that in order to have made this plan you would have to persuade your thoughts in a logical way (logos).

Destruction of the Indies (1552)

My own view is that when the Spaniards went and found this new land that was surrounded by more land, they only had one thing in mind and that was to take all this land for themselves and destroy all Indies in their paths. Though I concede that what they did to the Indies to get the land was something that obviously didn't affect them, inside or out. I still maintain that what they did was wrong and inhumane. For example, "when the Spaniards mounted on generous Steeds, with well weapon'd Lances and Swords, they began to exercise their bloody Butcheries and Stratagems." Although some might object that this happened way back in the 1500s and they didn't have the beliefs that we have today that would categorize this as inhumane, I reply that it does not matter who you are "Today" doing this is terribly wrong. The issue is important because we still to this day have what we call "Genocide" where people believe that one race is better than another and decide to get rid of them all together.

My Writing Philosophy

The way I see it is everyone’s philosophy of writing is different and everyone has their own standards as to what “good writing” is. For me writing is a great way to get your feelings out on paper, even if it is an assignment that your teacher has given to you that doesn’t interest you. Just put those feelings aside and write from the heart, telling exactly what you feel is “good” and “appropriate” for that assignment. When I write I something I want it to sound like me; so I like to read what I’ve written out loud to make sure it sounds the way I would say it to whomever I’m speaking to. The main principle to the way I write is to; take the knowledge that I’ve learned over the years and apply it to my writing. For example when I am completed with my Writing 101 class, I will be able to write using templates and better vocabulary, the list goes on… I will be able to present my thoughts in a way that is more intelligent and efficient! The last word: "writing is not my passion but rather something I enjoy doing and improving on."

Charles Deemer

Charles Deemer's main idea or focus is really on "English Composition" and how it affects students (not only today but also in the past). I enjoyed when he talked about universities and how they would never change their "compulsory miseducation" unless they had a complete remodeling. Now why is compulsory miseducation even occurring? is it the teachers? the Curriculum? I for one believe it may be a little of both, you always get a few teachers here and there that just aren't cut out for teaching. Then you have the Curriculum that the teacher is supposed to follow and may tweak a bit according to the way they teach, but what if the Curriculum wasn't good enough (not meeting high standards) wouldn't that mean the students are being miseducated? After all a college university is a building block to your very own future, like Charles I believe that if everyone is educated our education process or system will begin to improve and change the lives of future students.

Going Green

For the past year going green has been the most supported topic, not just socially but also environmentally. Socially, people are talking about what’s happening to our planet and how we can change it. I believe that talking about the issues that have the most impact on us is very important. When you have support groups spreading the word, news travels fast and helps people get involved everywhere. Along with going green is global warming, many people think that going green will improve the problems faced by global warming such as the amount of co2 that is emitted into the atmosphere.

I support going green because not only will it help global warming but it will also improve the way people think about their usage and conservation. For example, someone could cut down on their driving by taking a bus, car pooling , or riding a bike. Conservation is a big part of going green because everyone has a carbon foot print that we can make smaller. If we could all conserve water while taking showers it would reduce the amount of gallons we use for our bodies and we could give water to countries in need of it. This is just a prime example of how we could conserve and change the way we treat our planet.

Environmentally, people are eating organic foods that are grown with no artificial additives and taking their own personal grocery bag(s) to the store to reduce the use of plastic bags. Plastic bags from the grocery store never breakdown in land fills and can’t be recycled, so taking a bag made of fabric to use while you shop is helping reduce the amount of plastic bags going to the land fills. Organic materials are really popular right now because being 100% organic and natural is helping improve the environment.