Rhetorical Analysis Of Two Ways Of Seeing A River
Ashia Norman
Instructor: Vicki Moulson
Eng-112
September 29, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis of Mark Twain’s
Two Ways of Seeing a River
In the writing, “Two Ways of Seeing a River,” by Mark Twain, there are many detailed experiences that Twain mentions as a river steamboat pilot. Twain gives the reader an example of what it is really like to explore the great rivers. Twain also gives the reader a view of the negative sides of the river. The text is targeted toward steamboat pilots or someone who would most likely explore a river. Here is where Twain begins to argue that the river is not what it used to be for him as a steamboat pilot. I agree with the work because the author is very convincing and provides adequate information to view the river from two views, and leads you to think twice about exploring the river as steamboat pilots.
Twain starts the work off one way, but ends with questions that leave the reader with things to think about. Twain first leads the reader to believe that being a steamboat pilot is all bad because he talks about the river turning to blood, the floating black and conspicuous log, and how the surface has tumbling rings, …show more content…
This shows the reader that Twain has a sufficient amount of experience about the river in order to compare it to the knowledge that he holds about the alphabet. It’s almost like a person saying that know something like the back of their hand. His language and wording is so strong and descriptive that most readers can visualize all that he is saying. His work seems very honest and wise because he bases the information off of his past
Instructor: Vicki Moulson
Eng-112
September 29, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis of Mark Twain’s
Two Ways of Seeing a River
In the writing, “Two Ways of Seeing a River,” by Mark Twain, there are many detailed experiences that Twain mentions as a river steamboat pilot. Twain gives the reader an example of what it is really like to explore the great rivers. Twain also gives the reader a view of the negative sides of the river. The text is targeted toward steamboat pilots or someone who would most likely explore a river. Here is where Twain begins to argue that the river is not what it used to be for him as a steamboat pilot. I agree with the work because the author is very convincing and provides adequate information to view the river from two views, and leads you to think twice about exploring the river as steamboat pilots.
Twain starts the work off one way, but ends with questions that leave the reader with things to think about. Twain first leads the reader to believe that being a steamboat pilot is all bad because he talks about the river turning to blood, the floating black and conspicuous log, and how the surface has tumbling rings, …show more content…
This shows the reader that Twain has a sufficient amount of experience about the river in order to compare it to the knowledge that he holds about the alphabet. It’s almost like a person saying that know something like the back of their hand. His language and wording is so strong and descriptive that most readers can visualize all that he is saying. His work seems very honest and wise because he bases the information off of his past