Rhetorical Analysis Essay

According to the present scenario, the setting was of remote studio situated on Far West Side of Manhattan and the discussion was on the topic which writer wrote earlier that week. In this meeting various  topics were discussed which enlightened thought of authors that appeal  him in giving a second thought about the subject of his body whether they were really discriminated or they lose hope during that situation. Therefore, it states the mentality of people because what they see they tend to believe the same. Thus, during that period if some kind of sympathy was shown than scenario could have been different and humanity would have been there.

The passage written by Coates was basically a description of incidents related to injustice faced by African American such as blocks airways, dislodges brains, rip muscles, break teeth etc., United States has always linked with activities like abusing bodies especially with black ones. Whether it is related to slavery or brutality done by policemen. Therefore, nature and behaviour of people are affected because of such incidents. According to the Coates point of view, he seems to believe that because black people have more violent tendencies which is not true they didn’t get appropriate job in a white environment. Here, media and other sources that are connected with people plays a great role as media can act as a positive or negative as they can create a barricade between what people is saying and what they actually want to say (Winton, 2013). Therefore, use of words also plays a crucial role for example: writer has explained all the incidents in a negative connotation according to his point of view which can be somewhat true for some instances but “hope” was the biggest factor which would have lifted blacks or given them some motivation in order to come-up with situations. A quote can be taken so as to justify these statements “picture of a 12-year-old black boy tearfully hugging a white police officer. Then she asked me about ‘hope’.”

It has been described that police(Whites) of America were directly killing  blacks for their mistakes. They don't gave any chance even to explain their actual situations. For instance Eric Garner was killed because of selling cigarette, the criminal didn't any chance to leave this wrong work. Through this incident, writer actually wants to warn his son to not get indulged in any  illegal activity in America. As being a black it is his own responsibility to protect his own body. The whole incident was presented in narrative manner describing about the incidence happened with black people.

It further describes that black bodies were treated as a wasteful object with view point of police. There job responsibility was brutal for black in America as it became dream culture of Whites to criticise every black whether they are wrong or not (Bullough Jr,  VBiber and Conrad,  2014). According to the writer, as per his life experience all police were not evil but unfortunately their mentality has been developed in wrong manner which states if any thing happens wrong with them or in the country faulty person is always a black. They do not even miss single chance to punish and arrest blacks for misshapen and in some situation they even kill blacks in the name of criminal as they are not  accountable for shooting black. Writer represents whole scenario in blaming manner as his personal observance about white police was not good. Mainly it states negative thought of writer towards its  country and its white police who have formulated their thought that illegal activities are only performed by black and if any same thing done by white then they are ignored and instead of them any other  black is being arrested in order to show they are working effectively.

The discrimination between black and white has not been declined. In the name of colours people lived in America have actually forgotten about basic ethics and values of humanity (Bhatia, 2014). Through expression of letter, state of mind of the writer represents its confusion about whole scenario of black and white that whether whole things will change or not. The discrimination scenario has also developed fear among the people about their colour complexion as their life is in danger. Its quite negative for people as they are being tortured, murdered, beaten, punished only because of some darker pigments which are present in their body. This colour discrimination has negatively influenced overall humanity which has decreased feeling of care and love of one people towards other one.

Along with this, the extract also shares care of father toward his son who is still so young to understand actuality of America and their discrimination which are based on  colour complexion of people. It describes also to son that in what way whites abuse black bodies in their native country so that he will remain alert in future in order to secure his life. In hidden manner writer also prepare his son for future which will guide in future to protest against wrong things but only by using logical concept that will secure his life (Tite, 2012). Another intension of the letter to was to advise the son to become a gentleman in future which be helpful in making his surrounding and known people free from the thought of biasness in terms of colour complexion. In all, according to the passage blacks were facing difficulties in living their lives as they have to deal with various circumstances like for earning they had to struggle a lot.

REFERENCES

• Foss, S. K., 2017. Rhetorical criticism: Exploration and practice. Waveland Press.
• Winton, S., 2013. Rhetorical analysis in critical policy research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 26(2). pp.158-177.
• Bullough Jr, R. V., 2014. Toward reconstructing the narrative of teacher education: A rhetorical analysis of preparing teachers. Journal of Teacher Education. 65(3). pp.185-194.
• Biber, D. and Conrad, S., 2014. Variation in English: Multi-dimensional studies. Routledge.
• Bhatia, V. K., 2014. Analysing genre: Language use in professional settings. Routledge.
• Tite, P. L., 2012. The apocryphal epistle to the Laodiceans: an epistolary and rhetorical analysis. Brill.

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