judged a person by his or her looks or‚ maybe something you heard about them? If so this is merely a common mistake people make. This is called stereotyping. Usually you have some prior concept on the topic or person. In “About Men” the author‚ Gretel Ehrlich stresses these simple mistakes that are made when coming up with a judgment of cow boys and their characteristic. The same stereotypes cowboys face as do poets. Poets are sometimes looked at as reclusive and over sensitive and in some case this
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(1984)‚ Gretel Ehrlich claims that men are not as tough as they seem. Ehrlich creates the framework of her essay through casual analysis‚ imagery‚ and tone. Through the use of personal experiences and first person perspective‚ she shows casual analysis. Through her word choice and specific details‚ imagery is shown. And through the use of specific details‚ tone is revealed. Ehrlich’s essay is written in a casual analysis of how cowboys are perceived. Through her use of first person‚ Ehrlich creates
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of masculinity. The same cowboy also has a certain fragileness. The perception of a man usually does not reveal the fragile side. However‚ Gretel Ehrlich reveals this underlying soft side of cowboys in About Men (1985)‚ and Paul Theroux explains in Being a Man (1985) that the idea of manhood is pitiful because there is a fragile side to every man. Ehrlich talks about the rugged lifestyle of a cowboy. He paints this picture of a man who loves what he does. The long days of work with little payoff
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A Chinaman’s Chance: Reflections on the American Dream According to Eric Liu‚ American dream is not dead. It is the opportunity and perseverance individuals have to move forward. The American dream is what holds the people together of different race‚ religions and identities. It allows the people to strive for what they want to become in the near future. He believes that a Chinaman’s chance is as good as anyone else. His strengths and believes help him to overcome obstacles. Eric
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Poison the Earth‚” she does use specific examples of what is causing climate change. She uses satire with a hint of sarcasm in her essay. She gives the reader specific examples of how to poison the Earth‚ but not really wanting to poison the Earth. Gretel Ehrlich writes her essay‚ “Chronicles of Ice‚” a little differently. She uses personal experiences of visiting a glacier and the way that it is falling apart to explain climate change. She uses detailed‚ sensory description to explain what is happening
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interest daily. In the essays “How to Poison the Earth” by Linnea Saukko and “Chronicles of Ice” by Gretel Ehrlich both authors make excellent points about how to save and conserve the planet Earth. Ehrlich and Saukko go about making these points in two completely different ways though although they do have their similarities. Saukko uses a more sarcastic and ironic way to prove her point while Ehrlich uses a more serious and detailed way to prove hers. The essays are directed toward people who love
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Live by Your Rules Gender can de defined as a range of characteristics of feminity and masculinity‚ but is there really a manacle to what someone can or can’t do? The essays “About Men” by Gretel Ehrlich‚ “Uniforms” by Paul Fussell‚ and” Being a Man” by Paul Theroux amalgamate the pre- conceived idea that men and women are obligated to play this delusion of roles each sex should maintain. The media is a big influence in modern society; therefore being different would make the person incongruously
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million. Even though the position on women workers increased men still had the better and high paying jobs. At the turn of the century‚ 60 percent of all working women were employed as domestic servants. In the article “About Men” written by Gretel Ehrlich Gretel states “No one is as fragile as a woman but no one is as fragile as a man”. While most woman were fighting for equality between men and women some of the women believed in equality for the sexes. Women who upheld traditional gender roles argued
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interest as time goes by. Today more and more people are environmental friendly and take in account the human activity that damages the environment and what are its long term effects. Both‚ Linnea Saukko in her essay “How to Poison the Earth‚” and Gretel Ehrlich in her essay “Chronicles of Ice” write about the environment and their concern towards it being preserved. Though in both essays the preservation of the environment is the main focus‚ and the authors use the same approach‚ they differ in writing
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Reading Assignment: Chronicles of Ice Summary: In Chronicles of Ice‚ Gretel Ehrlich sets out to “learn whatever lessons a glacier has to teach”‚ and to share what she has learned with us‚ as readers. The lesson the author relays to us is that the fate of the glacier is inextricably linked to that of the biological health of the Earth itself. Ehrlich uses the glacier as a device to show both cause and effect of the declining health of the Earth’s climate. The gases and particulate trapped in the ice
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