Monday, November 24, 2008

MID-TERM ASSIGNMENT

The first essay I chose is called The Tyranny of Things by Edward Sandford Martin. I believe the approach the writer was trying to convey is the provocative approach. In his essay he gave examples like they wore no clothes at all; as Thetis took Achilles; oppression of modern con-
viences and has him hopelessly bound. The thesis statement is the opening sentence. A traveler newly returned from the Pacific Ocean tells pleasant stories of the Patagonians. The introduc-
tion paragraph was very efffective. It kept the interest of the reader to continue on with the essay. The technique the author used in his concluding paragraph is quotation. Solomon was the one he quoted and used to compare everyday situations of analysis. Some of the examples of this were when you play together it is at a sacrifice; you cannot even be rich yourself without expense and you may just as well give over trying.

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