Rhetorical Analysis

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Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, wrote an article are you living your eulogy or resume? (2013). In this article, Huffington ask us “why do we spend so much time on what our eulogy is not going to be?” (2013). She encourages us to live our life to the fullest. Eulogies are not like resumes. In fact, Huffington states “their eulogies are mostly about what they did when they weren’t achieving and succeeding” (2013). This article involves rhetorical questions and examples of eulogies to get us thinking and show us perspectives. The articles audience would be workaholics to make them realize that who you are is more important than what you do. I agree with what the article is stating about living your life to the fullest capabilities.

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