Staying Put Essay
Chloi DuCharme
9/16/14
AP Lang Sanders Vs. Rushdie
In his passage Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World, Scott Russell Sanders invalidates the philosophy that “movement is inherently good, staying put is bad.” (Sanders) He claims that we should root ourselves in places but rather in ideas, stating that people who do this are more likely to care for their homes compared to those who migrate. Through asyndetons, diction, and allusions Sanders proves that human beings tendency to move is detrimental to environments and creates divisions in values. Sanders employs asyndetons to put an emphasis on how numerous human beings are threatening our world and destroying it. All of these people leave a carbon footprint somewhere on Earth no matter who they are or what they do. Some of the worst mistreatments of our ecosystem have been implemented by “people who root themselves to ideas rather than places.”
(Line ) Asyndetons is used to describe the different types of people who have affected our world from the beginning of time. From “explorers” to “rainbowchasers”, Sanders abstractly states that these “heroes” will never cease moving to find bigger and better places. Asyndeton also appears when the Rushdie talks about Americans enthusiasm for migration, for the “hybridity, impurity, intermingling, the transformation that comes of new and unexpected combinations of human beings, cultures,ideas politics, movies, songs.” (Rushdie, Lines 2831) This passage reveals how “mongrel” Americans are, no matter it be race or language. While asyndetons does
proficiently help Sanders in his writing, Diction plays a major role in helping the author convey his message appropriately. By utilizing diction, Sanders establishes an informal, yet deferential tone throughout his writings, proving his theory, while still remaining polite. His dispute with Rushdie essentially could have been marked with a supercilious and cacophonous tone, but through
9/16/14
AP Lang Sanders Vs. Rushdie
In his passage Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World, Scott Russell Sanders invalidates the philosophy that “movement is inherently good, staying put is bad.” (Sanders) He claims that we should root ourselves in places but rather in ideas, stating that people who do this are more likely to care for their homes compared to those who migrate. Through asyndetons, diction, and allusions Sanders proves that human beings tendency to move is detrimental to environments and creates divisions in values. Sanders employs asyndetons to put an emphasis on how numerous human beings are threatening our world and destroying it. All of these people leave a carbon footprint somewhere on Earth no matter who they are or what they do. Some of the worst mistreatments of our ecosystem have been implemented by “people who root themselves to ideas rather than places.”
(Line ) Asyndetons is used to describe the different types of people who have affected our world from the beginning of time. From “explorers” to “rainbowchasers”, Sanders abstractly states that these “heroes” will never cease moving to find bigger and better places. Asyndeton also appears when the Rushdie talks about Americans enthusiasm for migration, for the “hybridity, impurity, intermingling, the transformation that comes of new and unexpected combinations of human beings, cultures,ideas politics, movies, songs.” (Rushdie, Lines 2831) This passage reveals how “mongrel” Americans are, no matter it be race or language. While asyndetons does
proficiently help Sanders in his writing, Diction plays a major role in helping the author convey his message appropriately. By utilizing diction, Sanders establishes an informal, yet deferential tone throughout his writings, proving his theory, while still remaining polite. His dispute with Rushdie essentially could have been marked with a supercilious and cacophonous tone, but through