Nicholas Kristof has a pretty strong opinion when it comes to the "Occupy Wall-street" protest. When it comes to how the police and government officials are treating them, he has a very different view than what other people would think. By using different literary techniques, Kristof shows the reader how he feels.
Using detail is an important thing in any piece of writing. The way Kristof uses it, he helps the reader understand where he is coming from. You can tell by reading this article that Kristof really looked up this subjects and got his fact right. Kristof has details that have to with some more major tragedies that happened during the "Occupy Wall-street" protests, like a veteran being put into intensive care, and an 84 year old women being pepper-sprayed by police.The kinds of details helps the reader feel sorry for the protesters as well as proving his point.
The other well used technique Kristof used was diction. In the beginning, the author uses words like "conundrums", "antagonizing", and "bullying" to help the readers connect to the protesters, that have braved policemen and cruel weather. By using this diction, you start to get in the same mind set that Kristof was in when he wrote this piece. Later on in the article, the author uses diction like "inequality" and "injustices" to give you a picture of how the protesters are treated unfairly and that the public officials knew this, and didn't stop it because they wanted a show.
Loved the article! I was a little confused by your choices of detail and how that technique enhanced/connected to article throughout. Maybe elaborate on how these details do this and get the reader thinking. Your examples and explanations of diction were very good. Liked it overall
ReplyDeleteGood intro! Try to include the specific way the literally techniques make us feel instead of being so general. It also seems a little short. There are a few places that I can see where you can go into more of an in-depth explanation about the techniques. Nice work!
ReplyDelete-Nikki
Hey! I liked your analysis of the Diction used by Kristof a lot! the details were a bit shaky- the first sentence was a bit unnecessary, but the rest of it was okay. Also, I'm not sure the fact that Kristof looked up this subject is a detail. Just a note... I think we're supposed to analyze three different literary techniques.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Erin