Okay, Walden for one spoke to my soul. Like not even my heart or like brain or something but my soul, it uplifted me and really spoke to me. My favorite aphorisms that really meant something to me was, "Love your life, poor as it is" (266).
First the aphorism says to me, it doesn't matter how poor you are or how said you are, nothing matter, just find something happy and live your life. Its like that last burst of hope that says, "dont give up!" just when you're about to. In the context of this paragraph, he starts it by saying, it doesnt matter how mean or hard your life is, don' call it names or disown it. It's not as bad as think, when things look poor they can actually be rich. "Its looks poorest when you are richest." "The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise." The person who looks for faults will find them everywhere they can, therefore, by loving and valuing your life, there is nothing to find fault in and there is nothing to hate or despise, you shall find happiness in everything. Following the aphorism, it is said that you can have the best and glorious times, while living in a poor-house. Then he relates it almost to himself by saying, "The towns poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any."
You know when your mom tells you, "be happy with your life and what you have because people have it worse?" The aphorism is basically telling you the same thing. If all you have is rags on your back and a quarter in your pocket, love your life. Thats hard to say and thats a very hard motto to follow by, but just think about it... if people actually lived by only loving their lives no matter the circumstance, all of the people that walk this earth would surely get along better and be more peaceful. Think of a life where we all loved our lives, even though we've felt like we've be dragged through the mud and we are poorer than the very poorest..
"Love your life, as poor as it is".. love your life, love your poorness and love the world.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Halliburton, shame on you
Ultimately, James Surowiecki (loooove the last name) has a couple of tons of claims but I think that his major claim is the outsourcing for the military is a bad thing because we aren't competing with any business, also that just because there is a private sector doesn't mean that things will get done more efficient or better. In the beginning he starts talking about oil and conspiracy theories, then as that builds up, towards the end he really shoot out about outsourcing saying that it can be effective, however, "doing things in-house is often easier and quicker."
His warrants that help him build his claim, are that companies are overcharging for oil because of the contract with the outsourcers, military used to rule itself and was interdependent until it began to outsource which wasn't a good idea because there main focus was war fighting and the outsourcers weren't going out on the battlefield.
I think his tone was very informative and persuasive. He didn't attack you with information, he swiftly presented it to you. Also he has this like build up of ideas which led to the ending which I felt was helpful because it was like a smooth read and everything led up to one another. He was very casual but then again very like tata, I know what I'm saying. He was like my favorite teacher, or my very smart friend, calm and informative, yet persuasive tone. Persuasive on what? Do it yourself!
Rhetorical function I would say again his thoughtful idea structure, the way he formed and placed his paragraphs. Its almost as if he wanted you to think you were doing one thing and then boom! Shots fired into your writing brain. Also I feel like he chose his facts very carefully and nothing was misleading.
His rhetorical devices were amazing. There was tons of logos, and then he had ethos because he gave dates, and he supported his ideas. Then he also qualified most of his claims with outsourcing how it can be effective but you have to have the right kind of company for it work. Then he said tons of witty quotes everywhere like, "do only what you do best, and pay someone else to do the rest." OR "the Army becomes a lean, mean killing machine, while civilians peel the potatoes and clean the latrines." Those quotes were clever and made you think like wow, or I can so get why you said that. Then he talks as if hes one of the military guys or hes in the loop with everything, "Last month, after two South Korean....." he uses last month as if its so casual, like him and I are just sitting down at the park drinking Starbucks. Loved it.
His warrants that help him build his claim, are that companies are overcharging for oil because of the contract with the outsourcers, military used to rule itself and was interdependent until it began to outsource which wasn't a good idea because there main focus was war fighting and the outsourcers weren't going out on the battlefield.
I think his tone was very informative and persuasive. He didn't attack you with information, he swiftly presented it to you. Also he has this like build up of ideas which led to the ending which I felt was helpful because it was like a smooth read and everything led up to one another. He was very casual but then again very like tata, I know what I'm saying. He was like my favorite teacher, or my very smart friend, calm and informative, yet persuasive tone. Persuasive on what? Do it yourself!
Rhetorical function I would say again his thoughtful idea structure, the way he formed and placed his paragraphs. Its almost as if he wanted you to think you were doing one thing and then boom! Shots fired into your writing brain. Also I feel like he chose his facts very carefully and nothing was misleading.
His rhetorical devices were amazing. There was tons of logos, and then he had ethos because he gave dates, and he supported his ideas. Then he also qualified most of his claims with outsourcing how it can be effective but you have to have the right kind of company for it work. Then he said tons of witty quotes everywhere like, "do only what you do best, and pay someone else to do the rest." OR "the Army becomes a lean, mean killing machine, while civilians peel the potatoes and clean the latrines." Those quotes were clever and made you think like wow, or I can so get why you said that. Then he talks as if hes one of the military guys or hes in the loop with everything, "Last month, after two South Korean....." he uses last month as if its so casual, like him and I are just sitting down at the park drinking Starbucks. Loved it.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)