Red Jacket's speech In this speech “Lecture to a Missionary” by Red Jacket is about how Red tells Mr. Cram how since they already took it all from the Indians and they just wanted to keep one thing. In the 1800s Cram held a meeting and right there red give them this speech explains everything. Since day one when the whites came and invaded their land and forced them to war and how the Indians gave them everything and the whites returned the favors with like poison and wars. Through a firm tone and an appeal to logic, Red Jacket attempts to persuade Reverend Cram to just let them keep their religion and not force them to convert.…
Comparative Rhetorical Analysis: Staples vs Gay The false belief and fear of African Americans began once abolition became a possibility in the nineteenth century. Since then, the ingrained fear has grown to affect almost all people, regardless if they are conscious of their prejudice beliefs or not. Ross Gay, an associate professor of creative writing at Indiana University Bloomington and author of “Some Thoughts On Mercy,” shines light on the impact of racial stereotypes on African American people’s perceptions of themselves and the importance of acknowledging these fears and prejudices.…
John Winthrop (1588-1649): Winthrop was a Puritan who cruised from England to what is advanced New England. He served as legislative leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for a long time. Winthrop kept a nitty gritty diary of the happenings in New England. He additionally composed the sermon, "A Model of Christian Charity," which fundamentally said that the Puritans of New England should have been being a case of how to carry on with a Godly life.…
David Schwitzer April 15, 2015 Professor McCartin Essay #3 Does Religion Need A Justification To Be Important? The quote by Christopher Hitchens, "Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation for anything important,” would be seen as accurate by both Barbara Ehrenreich and Gershom Gorenberg. In Ehrenreich’s book, “Living With a Wild God”, she talks about being an atheist and how growing up in a non-religious home made her become a rationalist.…
As the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, John Winthrop eagerly established his position through his writings, both in “A Model of Christian Charity” in his attempt to induce the colonists to accept their position working for the good of the whole colony and in his journals. Winthrop simply desires that the colonists will work and live in amity, however any opposition to his authority poses a threat he cannot effortlessly overlook. Mary Dyer, the woman addressed by Winthrop in his journals, is such a threat as she openly expressed her “antinomian” religious beliefs that did not coincide perfectly with the Puritan colony and governor. Winthrop’s readiness to eradicate these antinomian concepts is demonstrated through the graphic account relating the birth of Mary Dyer’s “monster” baby. The preposterous…
In a society where “giving food to starving kids in Africa” has become almost a cliché, utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer makes the readers of The New York Times step back and reevaluate their spending choices in his 1999 essay “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. Through a mixture of examples and facts Singer calls upon those with excess money, typically used on luxuries, to instead donate that money for overseas aid agencies. In order to persuade the reader to follow through with his solution, he utilizes anecdotes and facts, emotional statements, and an impression to communicate the importance of donating to these agencies. At the start of the article, Singer opens with an anecdote from the movie “Central Station”.…
Andrew Carnegie, a self made millionaire stated “the man who dies thus rich dies disgrace” (Carnegie). The inspiration came from his belief that men like him held a great responsibility to contribute their wealth for the good of mankind. In his essay “The Gospel of Wealth” he emphasizes on how millionaires should spread their wealth even by leaving a positive impact in the world. However his main concern is how wealthy man should contribute to society when they’re alive.…
Everyday millions of people around the world suffer in circumstances, in which they could die from lack of proper care and resources. In Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer acknowledges this issue facing humanity and argues for the moral obligation to give large amounts of money to those in need. Singer believes that all who are able should be giving up many, if not all of their luxuries to help give the less fortunate their necessities. I will begin by summarizing the argument that Singer dictates in his article and then explain my reasoning for believing his notions to be sound and valid.…
The protestant further symbolizes a hypocritical religious figure, in the way that he preaches about charity but lacks the ability to help Candide or attempt to convert him to Christianity, as the bible suggests. Additionally, this chapter attempts to illustrate the misconception that all Christians are charitable and good natured. Modern American society reflects this concept, for it is commonly assumed that Christians are of a higher standard in the country than atheists or those who worship other religions. Although the Holy Bible does suggest that Christians live a charitable, devoting way of life, this does not conclude that others lack this ability. As Candide concludes, “the fruits of the earth are of common heritage” (Voltaire, 113), meaning that all humans are created equally and are just as capable of being selfish as they are of being generous, regardless of religious…
John Smith created the work "Description of a New England" in order to encourage others to voyage to New England with enticing descriptions of the life and possibilities in the area. He idealized engaging in the population and development of the area by comparing the rise of New England to the "Monarchies of the Chaldeans, the Syrians, the Grecians, and Romans." He intended to imprint the idea of "innocent work" in exchange for reward and glory with the biblical example of Adam and Eve. He places a sense of obligation to "imitate [our predecessors] to be worthily their successor" by working the same way that they did. "A Model of Christian Charity" was a religious work created for the purpose of establishing John Winthrop's Christian beliefs.…
The author of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, is clever because his introduction did its job well in informing readers that the judicial system in America needs to be reformed. He did this by using variety of different persuasive writing tools. Stevenson used three of the many persuasive tools; these tools were pathos, ethos, and logos. These were his secret to convincing the readers to be on his side of the argument. The use of pathos was presented through a story of a prisoner who was on death row, Henry; it was used to draw the readers in emotionally.…
Essay Christmas is a time where families come together to share in the christmas joy. Richard Rodrigues shows the negative impact of a newly wealthy family, and the change in the dynamic that the material success has brought. The once proud parents who always wanted success for their children have seen less and less of their kids, and the effect of that is conveyed in the detailed interaction between the members of their family. Sibling’s success that allows them to buy such expensive items has taken them away from their family and holidays have become a routine rather than a genuine interaction. Rodriguez himself also notices the emptiness in their relationship both between himself and his parents and everyone as a unit.…
Billions Cursed by Poverty In this world, there are more than a billion people who are currently living below the poverty line; millions of stories are recorded which manifest ethos, pathos and logos. Poverty is the main cause in this world which is snatching the lives of billions of people. Thus why is poverty extremely atrocious and monstrous? The answer lies in our tiny little brains.…
The central theme of Carnegie's argument about the Gospel of Wealth is that rich people are superior to all others and should be allowed to use their money to help the less "fit" people. Carnegie believed in Social Darwinism. He believed that the fact that a person was rich showed that he was more fit than others. This meant that the rich man was the one who knew the most about how to prosper in society.…
John Winthrop and Jonathan Edward’s sermons both relate to the puritan ideas; both create a call to action telling the people exactly what they should do in order to be considered faithful puritans. They are trying to influence people to view their ideas and believe in them. Although there are major significant similarities there are also extreme differences in the sermons due to the huge time gap between when these sermons were expressed to the people. The enlightenment time period, and the aging and evolving of the colonies both had a magnificent contribution on the tone, and drive of each sermon. John Winthrop’s sermon “A Model of Christian Charity” conveyed in 1630 at the very beginning when colonies were just starting to form, the wide…