I feel like this essay has a lot of potential if i but can discern Einstein's figurative language. He says a lot of brilliant things, and who is going to argue with Einstein? My concern is that I won't be able to get four pages worth of Einstein's brilliance. It's a short letter.
This assignment was easy because his letter is oozing with rhetoric. It's easy to read it and pick up on it. Plus, I've written rhetorical analysis in the past so my eyes and brain are accustomed to discerning rhetoric.
Hopefully this won't end up being terrible to write. Here's my proposal:
Candela Lattanzio
Debra Reece
English
1010
2
October 2014
Rhetorical Analysis Proposal
Topic:
Rhetorically analyze Einstein’s response to Phyllis’s question about whether
scientists pray or not.
Situation and Explanation: Phyllis writes a letter to Albert Einstein asking whether
scientists pray or not. Einstein cleverly responds using quite a few rhetorical
strategies. Einstein tries explaining that it’d be silly for scientists to pray
because they believe that everything has a very not super natural explanation.
Rhetorical Context: Einstein is our rhetor. Phyllis, and anyone else wondering if
scientists pray, is the audience. The issue is whether or not scientists pray
and why.
Rhetorical strategies: Einstein uses A LOT of rhetoric in his letter. First
off, he is a scientists widely known. No one would argue about science with Einstein.
He also uses logic, saying that it’d be strange for scientists to pray because
scientific research is based on the idea that everything is determined by the
laws of nature. He appeals to pathos in that he refers to a supernatural being
and faith. Towards the end he also insults Phyllis by calling her naïve.
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