Rhetorical Analysis Of Art Education By Greek Wallace

Wallace illustrates his ideas by giving concrete examples and analogies to bring the concept closer to the audience’s minds. The idea that Wallace is trying to get across is that liberal art education is important to help students exert a sense of control over their thought process. He delves deeper into the meaning of critical thinking transcending the old, boring and cliché way of understanding it. According to Wallace, the critical thinking that you will gain from an art degree is simply your ability to choose what to think about when your mind is trying to drift you into an endless chain of passive and egocentric thoughts. The language used in his speech is poetic, descriptive, and thought provoking which draws the audience into the stories through imaginative engagement.
He did not invoke any research studies, graphs, or data to build his argument. Nevertheless, he heavily relied on daily life examples that everyone can relate to and understand. For instance, he gave an extensive example about how the tedious routine of working adults could hijack our brains and shove us into a downward spiral of negativity and ego bloating, self-conversation. Wallace built on this to show us how a liberal art major can come into play by snapping us out of this unconscious train of thoughts to a differenttrain of thought, more critical and positive. The ability to direct our focus and choose what to think about are the real fruit of liberal art studies and critical thinking