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Pooni
P. 2
Mr. Soeth
AP English 3
a. "In Search of the Good Family" By: Jane Howard
b. Everyone needs a family because we are human. We need someone to care for us and be around us, whether it be our blood family or our friends.
c. evidence
There are many example of logos, pathos and ethos throughout this passage. One example of ethos would be, " These new families, to borrow the terminology of an African tribe (the Bangwa of the Cameroons), may consist either of friends of the road, ascribed by chance, or friends of the heart, achieved by choice." This shows how your family can be anyone, it can be your blood related family, your fellow employes, or your friends.
An example for pathos would be, "Good families, not just the blood kind, find some way to connect with posterity." This shows how, in a time of need, not only does your blood family help, but yor friends also come together and help you out.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Rehugo- Reading
Bryan Mai
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
January 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis - Reading: Community
A. Essay- “In Search of the Good Family.” by Jane Howard
B. The main point in the essay “In Search of the Good Family,” indicated by the author, Jane Howard is that a human being is always in need of a family whether or not they make the right decisions in life.
C. Evidence:
a. Howard explains how a person a person is always in need of a family. As she starts her essay, she states, “Call it a clan, Call it a network, Call it a tribe” which indicates that a so called family does not really refer to a blood relative. She refers to the word “Family “as someone would need in their life because it is required. She goes on to argue that a person has two different types of the word “Family”. One who is willing to with you while you’re damaged in a state of mind, and the ones who just comfort you, but that is all they can do.
b. As her opening paragraphs become more emotional, Howard starts stating that family is sometimes too far to interact with in some causes. As she continues with her argument, it addresses pathos because people can connect to the situation as they live their lives. A family party is offered once or twice a year which brings everyone in the family together but aside from that, there is rarely a chance that we can see our long distance relatives each week due to the fact that it is complicated to visit them if there is no special event. Since that is the cause, people make friends that are nearby and tend to create some sort of a family. For example, an average teenager would attend high school and make friends. As time progresses, their friendship becomes what we call a family because they can act normally around those types of people.
D. Rhetorical Strategies:
a. Howard uses cause and effect throughout her essay by stating one example and addressing its outcome. She talks about how people barely see their families because of distance and family arguments which is the cause, and the effect would be that people create a sort of family that is close to them even if they are not blood related.
b. Appeal via emotion (Pathos): Throughout her essay, Howard creates words that have us relate back to our situations. “The trouble with clans and tribes…they are too far away”(283) shows how we can barely speak to half of long distance family members. Her words also address to herself to let audiences know that she is also in the same situation as a majority of us. Using herself as an example, it is easier to connect to the audience because they can relate to what she is going through.
MLA citation for essay:
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Composition. By Renee H. Shea, Lawerence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin Aufses. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin's, 2008. 283-88. Print.
REHUGO:Essay
Destiny Ornelas
Mr. Soeth
English 3AP
January 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis: Essay
A. “In search of the Good Family” by Jane Howard
B. The author states that every one needs some type of family whether its blood relatives or a group of friends.
C. Howard uses ethos by informing the readers that she belongs to seven or eight different tribes. Right after she goes into how she noticed some common characteristics between relative tribes and friend tribes. Doing this shows the reader she is an experienced and credible person, allowing the readers to trust the ten similarities she lists immediately after. She also uses logos by including a quote from a social scientist. The scientist states that “if you’re voluntarily childless and alone it gets harder and harder with the passage of time. That’s why you need support systems.” Using this quote in her essay clearly strengthens her argument because it backs up her idea of everyone needing a family. If you don’t have a family (support system) to confide in, your life will be harder and more stressful than it needs to be.
D. In the beginning of the essay Jane Howard explains how and why everyone must be in a family or tribe and throughout the rest of the essay she uses exemplification to give examples of the temporary and long-term bonds that you can develop with other. She also gives examples of how to create those bonds. Doing this makes her argument stronger because it not only tells readers they should have these families but it actually shows you how to achieve them. All throughout the essay Howard alludes to countries to show the need for ‘support systems.’ She alludes to Scandavia and tells how they have ‘mega-families’ with as many as three hundred people. She tells how Japanese have been adopting non-relatives for years. And how Unitarians have been taking part in ‘extended families’ and all act like each other’s relatives. Jane Howard does this to help the readers connect with the idea of everyone needing families.
Howard, Jane. In Search of the Good Family. Language of Composition, Renee H. Shea. 2008
Abby Saavedra
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
27 January 2011
REHUGO Analysis – Reading: Essay
A. “In Search of the Good Family” by Jane Howard
B. Howard argues that having a family is essential to life and humanity, and that a sense of family can also be found in a select group of friends as a support system. She also states that a good family must have respect for each other as they work together.
C. Evidence:
a. Howard explains how a sense of family can be found past actual blood relatives and in friends, since family members aren’t always nearby to continually act as a source of support. She goes on to categorize friendships into two divisions – those that are temporary because of proximity and those that are “achieved by choice” – and how such “friends of the heart” would be there to rely on in times of distress as if they were actual family.
b. Howard provides a list of ten qualities of a “good family” and examples of how such qualities are expressed. The list stresses the importance of solid foundations within the family, the need for the utmost respect given to all members, and the desire to be unified with each other when facing life. To support her claims, she provides her own anecdotes and experiences under each quality.
D. Rhetorical Strategies:
a. Claim of Definition: In the latter half of her piece, Howard clearly states ten qualities of a “good family”. Along with this, she provides exemplification to demonstrate when the quality is useful and how it is practiced amongst families. Defining a “good family” ties together Howard’s piece by providing a direct reference and meaning to the concept of family, which she often utilizes to centralize her argument.
b. Appeal via emotion (Pathos): By the manipulation of stylistic devices such as selective diction and repetition, Howard begins her essay by directly acknowledging her audience and evoking emotion by introducing the close-to-home concept of the need for a family. As her argument progresses, she continues to address her audience to make the connection between the writer and reader more personal. She also selectively chooses her words, using extremes like “best” and “must” (284) and connotations of nouns like “meddling ogres”, “heart”, and “constellations” (283); this gives off the impression of assuredness in her tone and confidence in the high importance of family ties, while allowing a reader to connect their own knowledge and feelings back to the implied emotion from her wording. Howard also cites the personal feelings and examples of experiences involved with the creation of the family, which provoke sympathy in the reader, connection back to their own experiences, and personalization of and concession to her argument.
MLA Citation for essay:
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Compoasition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. 283-88.
REHUGO Analysis - Reading: Community
Samira Haikal
Mr. Soeth
AP English Lang/Comp
27 January 2011
REHUGO Analysis – Reading: Community
- “In Search of the Good Family” by Jane Howard
- In this essay, Howard clearly argues that humans cannot do without a clan, no matter what their status or condition in life may be. In simpler terms, every human being needs a family. Throughout the essay, she explains the characteristics that define “a good family”.
- Evidence:
- Logos - Howard uses logos to enhance her argument when she quotes, “‘If you’re voluntarily childless and alone,’ said the other Helen, who was from Pennsylvania by way of Puerto Rico, ‘it gets harder and harder and harder with the passage of time. It’s stressful. That’s why you need support systems,” (paragraph 8). In this excerpt, Howard conveys the message that people need some type of support system, if not kids to help relieve the stress of daily life. Howard uses this quote from a “social scientist” to provide simple reasoning, but also to reinforce her ethos. This evidence is effective because one would trust a social scientist in speaking about family and community, since that is their specialized and known field.
- Ethos- In each of the ten characteristics that Howard presents, the information is almost factual. For example, "Good families prize their rituals" seems like a proven fact by its syntax, even though it is simply a claim of value (paragraph 16). The matter-of-fact tone that is evident throughout the piece makes these obvious opinions seem like known facts, even though there is not a recipe for a “good family.” This utilization of ethos and tone shows how confident Howard is in speaking about this topic. Her confident tone alone could serve as a source of credibility because readers often tend to believe someone who is confident in their work.
- Classification/Division - Through dividing the characteristics of both a conventional family and a second family, Howard uses classification. She clearly separates the good family into 10 numbered definitions, which breaks down her thought with a deeper look into the common ingredients for what makes these two different families alike.
- Extended Metaphor - Beginning this strategy from the first sentence and ending it in the last creates a tremendously effective comparison. Howard could have used a similar word to clan like flock, group, league, army, or colony, but none would have the same effect that the words clan and tribe have because of the connotations that accompany them. When we envision a clan, we visualize a village where an assiduous, indigenous group works together to help each other survive. The concept of family and survival enhances the argument because Howard’s thesis is that a family is necessary and that one cannot do without one. With tribe, we imagine the former, or maybe a tribe working together to battle and defeat an opposing tribe. Either way, Howard uses this metaphor and imagery so her readers can continually conceptualize a family, primary or secondary, as a group in which the members help each other in life and provide support through hardship. Another reason this extended metaphor is effective is because it relates to both types of families, proving Howard’s overall thesis and argument.
MLA Citation:
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Kathria Pador
Mr. Soeth
AP English 3
January 27, 2011
REHUGO Analysis : Reading – Essay
A. “In Search of the Good Family” –Author: Jane Howard.
B. In the essay “In Search of the Good Family” by Jane Howard, the author states that everyone needs a family. This family, blood-related or not, will help someone to be less stressful by acting as support systems. Howard stresses the idea of finding family in friends if becoming friends with blood family is not a possibility.
C. One piece of evidence Howard uses is an example of ethos. In the essay she states that, “Several of my colleagues and I used to meet for lunch every Pearl Harbor Day, preferably to eat some politically neutral fare like smorgasbord, to ‘forgive’ our only ancestrally Japanese friend, Irene Kubota Neves. For that and other things we became, and remain, a sort of family…” Howard shows the reader that she has found a family in her friends from having a tradition with them. She is trying to show that even a small one, like her lunch with friends, can lead to a lifelong friendship and “sort of family.” Another piece of evidence Howard uses is an example of pathos. In the very first paragraph she writes, “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. You need one because you are human. You didn’t come from nowhere. Before you, around you, and presumably after you, too, there are others. Some of these others must matter a lot – to you, and if you are lucky, to one another. Their welfare must be nearly as important to you as your own.” Howard appeals to the readers’ emotions by noting the fact that everyone has and needs a family. When she says, “Their welfare must be nearly as important to you as your own,” the readers can relate to the feelings of wanting the best for their families.
D. One rhetorical strategy that Howard uses is allusion. In paragraph four, she alludes to Aristotle’s ancient proverbs written in his Ethics, “Wishing to be friends […] is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit,” and “…you cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” Howard uses Aristotle’s ideas that friendships take time to develop. There needs to be a deep bond and understanding between two people in order to actually know who that other person is. Another rhetorical strategy that Howard uses is the use of metaphor. She writes, “Good families are fortresses with many windows and doors to the outer world.”This metaphor is comparing a good family to a fortress. A fortress is known for being a place where someone can feel safe and protected, much like how someone would feel in a loving family. In a loving family, someone can learn useful skills to use in the outside world. This metaphor describes these skills as the many windows and doors.
MLA Citation :
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Jeserey Sanchez
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
Jan. 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis: Reading
A. Reading: “In Search of the Good Family” By, Jane Howard
B. Thesis: In the article the author’s main purpose is every human being belongs or needs a family.
C. Evidence: "If you're voluntarily childless and alone," said the other Helen, who was from Pennsylvania by way of Puerto Rico, "it gets harder and harder with the passage of time.It's stressful. That's why you need support systems." Howard establishes her pathos. It brings out the emotion in the article. Howard explains and shows that you can be anyone in the world, be as strong as a brick wall. Replace your family with friends, people who you may think will be there for you in the long run, end up being the people who leave you at the moment you need them the most. And you’ll still be running back to no other place, but your family. And thats what she means by support system, your family is your support system, through thick and thin they’re are the people who can’t turn you away, no matter how long of a grudge they’ve held on you. When it comes down to it, they’re are the ones who are there to catch you when you fall. Jane Howard refers to author of the fictional novel Slapstick written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr in her essay. Howard establishes her ethos with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s quote from his novel to back up Jane Howard’s argument saying, "human beings need all the relatives they can get - as possible donors or receivers not of love but of common decency." If as much as possible its always best to fall back on someone thats your own blood, rather than a friend. Whether they be a very close friend or not. If its between you and their relative in need, they would help their own blood first.
D. Rhetorical Strategies: “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.” Howard uses repetition to state her main point in the first sentence of the first paragraph of her essay. Call it whatever you want to call it, they’re family. Her reason is straight forward and to the point. Doesn’t matter where you’re from, who you are and where you stand in life, you came from some place because you are a human. She believes you can go on with life alone and live in solitaire, but either way you can’t go without a family. Howard uses multiple rhetorical questions to continually get the reader not only engaged in her essay, but keep them thinking and on their seats as she builds up to her main argument and purpose. “Are there not thriving “mega- families” of as many as three hundred people in Scandinavia? Have not the Japanese for years had an honored, enduring -- perhaps by our standards rather rigid -- custom of adopting non relatives to fill gaps in their families? Should we not applaud and maybe imitate such ingenuity?”
Citation:
Shea, Renee Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. "More
Working Parents Play "Beat the Clock"" The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
Jan. 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis: Reading
A. Reading: “In Search of the Good Family” By, Jane Howard
B. Thesis: In the article the author’s main purpose is every human being belongs or needs a family.
C. Evidence: "If you're voluntarily childless and alone," said the other Helen, who was from Pennsylvania by way of Puerto Rico, "it gets harder and harder with the passage of time.It's stressful. That's why you need support systems." Howard establishes her pathos. It brings out the emotion in the article. Howard explains and shows that you can be anyone in the world, be as strong as a brick wall. Replace your family with friends, people who you may think will be there for you in the long run, end up being the people who leave you at the moment you need them the most. And you’ll still be running back to no other place, but your family. And thats what she means by support system, your family is your support system, through thick and thin they’re are the people who can’t turn you away, no matter how long of a grudge they’ve held on you. When it comes down to it, they’re are the ones who are there to catch you when you fall. Jane Howard refers to author of the fictional novel Slapstick written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr in her essay. Howard establishes her ethos with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s quote from his novel to back up Jane Howard’s argument saying, "human beings need all the relatives they can get - as possible donors or receivers not of love but of common decency." If as much as possible its always best to fall back on someone thats your own blood, rather than a friend. Whether they be a very close friend or not. If its between you and their relative in need, they would help their own blood first.
D. Rhetorical Strategies: “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.” Howard uses repetition to state her main point in the first sentence of the first paragraph of her essay. Call it whatever you want to call it, they’re family. Her reason is straight forward and to the point. Doesn’t matter where you’re from, who you are and where you stand in life, you came from some place because you are a human. She believes you can go on with life alone and live in solitaire, but either way you can’t go without a family. Howard uses multiple rhetorical questions to continually get the reader not only engaged in her essay, but keep them thinking and on their seats as she builds up to her main argument and purpose. “Are there not thriving “mega- families” of as many as three hundred people in Scandinavia? Have not the Japanese for years had an honored, enduring -- perhaps by our standards rather rigid -- custom of adopting non relatives to fill gaps in their families? Should we not applaud and maybe imitate such ingenuity?”
Citation:
Shea, Renee Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. "More
Working Parents Play "Beat the Clock"" The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Reading REHUGO: Analysis of In Search of the Good Family by Jane Howard
Karsha Smith
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
27 January 2011
Reading REHUGO: Analysis of In Search of the Good Family by Jane Howard
A. Essay: In Search of the Good Family – author: Jane Howard
B. In this essay, the author predicts that “Even if you live alone, even if your solitude is elected and ebullient, you still cannot do without a clan or tribe” (283). She suggests that individuals cannot function well without a family to support them. Each person needs a “clan” to care for, and a family to care for them in return.
C. Evidence:
a. Each individual requires close relationships either with blood relatives or with those they choose to be related to (meaning they choose to have close relationships with others) in order to get certain jobs done or needs met. For example, an individual can either be assigned as the “chief” (the leader), or the “switchboard operator” (the one who keeps track of what everyone else does) (285). This encourages family members to work together to get jobs done that would be difficult to accomplish by just one person. For instance, you would never see someone run their own restaurant and have no workers for assistance. The individual’s job would be very hectic, difficult, and would crash and burn.
b. Every individual in a family is required the same job(s) as everyone else in certain circumstances. Each person needs to keep in touch with their relatives and to be there for them, they need to be hospitable, make the best out of bad situations, prize rituals/traditions, be affectionate towards others, help each other have a sense of belonging, stay connected with descendants, and honor their elders (285-288). Each job helps bring the family closer together and brings back in the purpose of relationships. Family needs individuals, and individuals need family.
D. Rhetorical Strategies:
a. Appeal via credibility (Ethos): “A few of my life’s most tribally joyous times, in fact, have been spent with people whom I have yet to see again” (284). Howard builds up her credibility by mentioning how she too has learned the importance of “clans” moving in and out of everyone’s lives. People will come and go, and new friendships will be made. The essential fact to remember is no matter how many people you meet and how little time you have to get to know them, you should still try. “Better an ephemeral clan or tribe than none at all” (284).
b. Pathos: “This saddens me, as it may them too, but dwelling overlong on such sadness does no good. A more fertile exercise is to think back on those times and try to figure out what made them, for all their brevity, so stirring” (284). This further explains the ethos quote previously and uses emotion to further connect to the audience on time relationships. Howard further explains by mentioning how everyone should think positively about the past and not dwell on sadness.
c. Narration: Using Howard’s own situations, she (in a few sentences) tells her story and what she has learned (relates back to ethos and pathos) (284).
d. Allusion: “Wishing to be friends, as Aristotle wrote, is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit” (283). Howard describes how friendship takes time to achieve. You cannot develop a close relationship with someone without spending a decent amount of time together. Friendship is complex and can change quickly if someone is not careful. Nothing that complex can develop overnight.
e. Metaphor: “Good families are fortresses with many windows and doors to the outer world” (285). Howard describes families this way to explain how a family members protect each other from what is dangerous out there, and help each relative have so many chances and opportunities to succeed in what they hope to achieve.
f. Parallelism: “If blood and roots don’t do the job, then we must look to water and branches, and sort ourselves into new constellations, new families” (283). Water and branches have parallel ideas leading to the idea of trees. Trees are used in symbolism to represent family trees. These are used to relate back to other family members through blood ties. Family ties represent the rooted relationship each family member has. This helps explain to the audience how close the bond is with each family member.
E. Howard’s overall point encourages each individual to further understand their family. The family bond is more important than what some people may think, and the relationships made can have a great impact someday. Time is running out, so friendships will come and go quickly. Each individual should learn which relationships should be cherished the most, and remember who they someday might leave behind.
MLA Citation for essay:
Shea, Renée Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. "In Search of the
Good Family." The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and Rhetoric.
Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Kyle Gheen
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
1-26-11
A. “In Search of the Good Family.” By Jane Howard
B. In “In Search of the Good Family,” Jane Howard starts the essay out by expressing how much of an importance family is to a person and that a person without a family is impractical. The family does not have to be blood related either.
C. By quoting Helen, Howard is using logos in order to further show that a family is the common ground of support. Helen states, “If you’re voluntarily childless and alone, it gets harder and harder with the passage of time. It’s stressful, that’s why you need support systems.” The statement is trying to further elaborate on the importance of families by showing that it starts at a young age and having the family young is of great importance. By quoting Kurt Vonnegut on his book “Slapstick” he is giving himself and the author more ethos and a more reliable source of information. “Human beings need all the relatives they can get—as possible donors or receivers not of love but of common decency.” The quote expresses that a need for a family, blood or not blood related, is important. Not just for love but to just keep yourself sane.
D. From Page 285-288, Howard uses the repetition “Good families.” The repetition is used to make it clear to the reader that “Good families,” are capable of doing these ten examples. The examples seem to be a type of moral code to families, showing the way that stable families work is off of the ten examples and more. Howard also quotes Aristotle which says, “Wishing to be friends…is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit.” He also goes on to say, “You cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” This example of allusion gives the reader more insight on what a true bond between friends is. Using the friendship to become a more family time ordeal, by using the metaphor, “You cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” With the metaphor it is showing that a true friend is family if he has gone through the same situations you have and has been there for you until the friendship has grown to its peak.
MLA Citation
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." 2008. The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
1-26-11
A. “In Search of the Good Family.” By Jane Howard
B. In “In Search of the Good Family,” Jane Howard starts the essay out by expressing how much of an importance family is to a person and that a person without a family is impractical. The family does not have to be blood related either.
C. By quoting Helen, Howard is using logos in order to further show that a family is the common ground of support. Helen states, “If you’re voluntarily childless and alone, it gets harder and harder with the passage of time. It’s stressful, that’s why you need support systems.” The statement is trying to further elaborate on the importance of families by showing that it starts at a young age and having the family young is of great importance. By quoting Kurt Vonnegut on his book “Slapstick” he is giving himself and the author more ethos and a more reliable source of information. “Human beings need all the relatives they can get—as possible donors or receivers not of love but of common decency.” The quote expresses that a need for a family, blood or not blood related, is important. Not just for love but to just keep yourself sane.
D. From Page 285-288, Howard uses the repetition “Good families.” The repetition is used to make it clear to the reader that “Good families,” are capable of doing these ten examples. The examples seem to be a type of moral code to families, showing the way that stable families work is off of the ten examples and more. Howard also quotes Aristotle which says, “Wishing to be friends…is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit.” He also goes on to say, “You cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” This example of allusion gives the reader more insight on what a true bond between friends is. Using the friendship to become a more family time ordeal, by using the metaphor, “You cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” With the metaphor it is showing that a true friend is family if he has gone through the same situations you have and has been there for you until the friendship has grown to its peak.
MLA Citation
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." 2008. The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Rehugo
Merna Nashed
Mr.Soeth
English 3AP
January 26,2011
A. “In Search of a Good Family”-Jane Howard.
B. Jane Howard states that everyone needs family, to get them through the tough times, and even in times like these when most family members are across the seas, we can always look to friends and have them become our families as well. But just because you start to have a lot more friends that become your family that doesn’t mean you can just neglect your relatives.
C. In her opening paragraphs Howard says “But that they are too far away. In emergencies we rush across continents and if need be the oceans to their sides, as they do to ours. Maybe we make a habit of seeing them, once or twice a year, for the sheer pleasure of it.” Howard states ethos in this quote because many people can relate to it. Countless families get together a few times a year, which is hardly enough time to get acquainted with their family members. Numerous people know how it feels to have families live in other countries, states, and even different cities which can make a big difference. Having said that blood relatives are not always around, and that’s why having friends is also important, because they can also support you like family can. “It gets harder and harder with the passage of time. It’s stressful. That’s why you need support systems.” This statement is pathos because it appeals to peoples’ emotions considering everyone needs someone to support them especially their families and friends.
D. One of the important rhetorical strategies that Howard uses is classification and division, to say how families should be, and that they don’t need to be blood related to be your relatives. She does this so we can understand what she is trying to say which is a family is more than relatives but a group of people you can relate to and enjoy life with. Howard also uses repetition in each of her observations starting with “Good families.” Each of these observations tells how families should be, for example they should have leaders, rituals, and they should be hospitable and affectionate. According to these observations Howard is trying to point out that families should be this way, knowing that everyone needs a family.
Lindsey Schrock REHUGO
Lindsey Schrock
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
January 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis: Essay
A. “In Search of the Good Family”—Author: Jane Howard
B. In this essay, Howard states that everyone needs a ‘clan’ or ‘tribe’ to call their own; she supports this claim by sharing personal experiences and by presenting a compiled list of elements that signify whether or not a clan is a “good family.” Throughout the course of the passage, Howard utilizes anecdotes and cites reputable sources in order to prove that while one may not necessarily have the ability to choose their blood relatives, human beings have the power to select certain friends to become members of their extended family. Howard also uses comparison and contrast, as well as definition in order to illustrate what qualifies as a ‘good family.’
C. Evidence:
a. By referring to the opinions of multiple credible sources, Howard successfully establishes her ethos. Throughout the passage, she cites reputable figures such as Aristotle, whose quotes concerning kinship are very reliable. In paragraph 4, she says, “Wishing to be friends, as Aristotle wrote, is quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit.” By referencing a wise figure such as Aristotle, Howard effectively conveys to her audience the importance of establishing close friendships. In paragraph eight, Howard cites the opinions of a social scientist regarding isolation and a need for “support systems.” As a result, the audience gives further credence to Howard’s argument.
b. Emotional appeal is evident throughout Howard’s writing; she uses pathos in order to attain a sentimental and nostalgic response from the readers. By defining the term ‘family’ and by referring to scenarios that evoke reminiscent feelings and emotions from the audience, Howard grasps their attention. In paragraph thirteen, she says, “Catcher’s mitts, ballet slippers, overdue library books, and other signs of extrafamilial concerns are everywhere.” By referring to things commonly associated with one’s childhood, Howard effectively connects to her audience and reminds readers of their family, thus impressing upon them the importance family carries throughout the course of their life.
D. Rhetorical Strategies:
a. Comparison and Contrast: The use of comparison and contrast is found throughout the passage. For example, as Howard describes the characteristics of a “good family,” she lists qualities that loving, close-knit clans should have. In paragraph eleven, she says, “Good families have a switchboard operator—someone who…plays Houston Mission Control to everyone else’s Apollo.” By alluding to a figure which serves as a ‘leader,’ and by comparing the family to the Apollo, she demonstrates and stresses the necessity of having such a figure in the clan. Howard also juxtaposes relatives, and ‘chosen family members,’ or people that have been selected by individuals based on their close friendship. In paragraph two, she states, “If our relatives…cannot be our friends…we must try to transform our friends into our relatives. If blood and roots don’t do the job, then we must look to water and branches.” This is parallel to the statement made in paragraph eleven: “Sometimes clans based on water rather than blood harbor several such personages at one time.” In this statement, Howard is contrasting a blood-related family to a community or tribe of friends, therefore proving that in order to not be isolated and to be completely fulfilled, we must search for multiple clans of friends and family to satisfy our needs.
b. Definition: In order to show the audience what she means when repetitively referring to the “good family, Howard spends a majority of the excerpt supplying her definition of a “good family.” The entire foundation of the passage is based on exploring Howard’s meaning of the term “family.” She creates a list of ten points, each point supplying an additional definition and example of qualities that will be present and significant in a good family. She lists statements including: “Good families have a sense of place,” “Good families are hospitable,” etc. The passage depends heavily on definition; if Howard had not clearly defined what was considered a “good family,” then the audience would not have fully understood the message of the chapter. In paragraph sixteen, she says, “Good families prize their rituals…Rituals…evoke a past, imply a future, and hint at continuity.” She then provides a series of examples to explain the meaning of “rituals” in the context. By using specific examples and by describing her personal definition of the term family, Howard effectively stresses the importance of being a part of such a clan.
MLA Citation:
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Rosano Cruz
English 3 AP
Mr. Soeth
January 25, 2011
REHUGO Analysis - Reading: Essay
A. Author: Jane Howard, Title of essay: In Search of the Good Family
B. The authors objective is to show you what a good family is and how important it is in life. Jane Howard gives you examples of what a good family is by using statements and traits.
C. Howard uses Logos by appealing to the readers of what a good family is. She states ten characteristics of a good family. She also uses logos by using terms by referring to family as a clan, tribe, kin, dynasty, blood, roots, and a patriarch. The author also use the terms network, surrogate mother, support system, and a extended family to show what a good family is and uses those terms in a effective way by giving examples of each ones meaning. The tone of words she uses tells you how important of a good family is by getting the reader to connect to their own family and showing them what a good family is.
D. The author uses repetition by repeating the effect of what a good family is. She repeats the ten characteristics of what a good family is and how she emphasizes traits of a happy family. She uses rhetorical strategy to better connect the readers attention toward of what she is trying to say to them. The effect of the rhetorical strategies and tone together adds depth into more of what a good family truly is. It really shows a true example of what a good family is.
English 3 AP
Mr. Soeth
January 25, 2011
REHUGO Analysis - Reading: Essay
A. Author: Jane Howard, Title of essay: In Search of the Good Family
B. The authors objective is to show you what a good family is and how important it is in life. Jane Howard gives you examples of what a good family is by using statements and traits.
C. Howard uses Logos by appealing to the readers of what a good family is. She states ten characteristics of a good family. She also uses logos by using terms by referring to family as a clan, tribe, kin, dynasty, blood, roots, and a patriarch. The author also use the terms network, surrogate mother, support system, and a extended family to show what a good family is and uses those terms in a effective way by giving examples of each ones meaning. The tone of words she uses tells you how important of a good family is by getting the reader to connect to their own family and showing them what a good family is.
D. The author uses repetition by repeating the effect of what a good family is. She repeats the ten characteristics of what a good family is and how she emphasizes traits of a happy family. She uses rhetorical strategy to better connect the readers attention toward of what she is trying to say to them. The effect of the rhetorical strategies and tone together adds depth into more of what a good family truly is. It really shows a true example of what a good family is.
REHUGO-Reading
Charlene Asuncion
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
January 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis: Reading–Essay
A. Article: “In Search of the Good Family”– Author: Jane Howard
B. In the essay, “In Search of the Good Family,” Jane Howard claims that family is essential to humans and their well-beings. Regardless of whether or not people are biologically related, Howard defines family as the “clans or tribes,” or the people that surround you; they are the people you need and encounter each day, which may include peers, acquaintances, and even people in your community. In addition, Howard presents and explores the characteristics that make conventional families and new kinds of families meaningful communities.
C. Evidence
a. Howard uses pathos by addressing his audience in a call to action, “If blood and roots don’t do the job, then we must look to water and branches, and sort ourselves into new constellations, new families.” In this, Howard emotionally ties her audience to her work by redefining family as friends. Also, Howard utilizes logos in referring to “new families” as terminology of the Bangwa tribe of the Cameroons, which “may consist of either friends of the road, ascribed by chance, or friends of the heart, achieved by choice.” Through this use of definition and logos, Howard reflects back to her claim that family extends beyond those genetically related to you.
b. Howard also establishes her ethos by referring to the intellectual fictional work of Kurt Vonnegut, known as Slapstick, “’…human beings need all the relatives they can get–as possible donors or receivers not of love but of common decency.” In the novel, Vonnegut considers extended family as “’one of the four greatest inventions of all time.’” This reference to Vonnegut’s novel supports Howard’s argument that family is essential to people and reveals how significantly family has impacted the life of Vonnegut, as a writer of individual and social scale.
D. Rhetorical Strategies
a. Allusion: Howard alludes to Aristotle’s philosophy on friendship in order to express the slow-paced development of a true friendship. Through this allusion, Howard metaphorically expresses to the reader that in order to be friends with another, one must take the time and true effort to get to know someone, “An ancient proverb he [Aristotle] quotes…you cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” This passage conveys that you do not truly know someone, unless you have spent a great amount of time getting to know him or her. Furthermore, Howard alludes to the Apollo spacecraft and the Houston Mission Control to exemplify how a family needs a person who is aware of the whereabouts of everyone else in the family. Howard states, “Good families have a switchboard operator– someone who can keep track of what all others are up to… who plays Houston Mission Control to everyone else’s Apollo.” Just as the people of Houston Mission Control does its job to watch and ensure the safety of the Apollo astronauts, a person in the family, like a mother, for example, watches over and takes care of her husband and children. Through these allusions, the audience is able to better connect the characteristics of family and friendship with tangible, real-life concepts to give a clearer understanding of Howard’s work.
b. Rhetorical Questions: On numerous accounts throughout the essay, Howard utilizes rhetorical questions such as, “What can such times teach us about forming new and more lasting tribes in the future?” and “What are we who lack children to do? Build houses? Plant trees? Write books or symphonies or laws?” These rhetorical questions are built up from facts and evidence presented before the questions in order to provoke thought in the audience or reader. For example, the passage, “Whatever ‘support systems’ may be, the need for them is clearly urgent, and not just in this country. Are there not thriving ‘mega-families’ of as many as three hundred people in Scandinavia?... Should we not applaud and maybe imitate such ingenuity?” presents evidence in the questions that support the idea in the previous sentence. The questions, in this case, include evidence and reflect back on the ideas presented that lead up to them. The effect of rhetorical questions is to engage the reader to the work by getting them to ponder the information provided.
MLA Citation
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." 2008. The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
January 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis: Reading–Essay
A. Article: “In Search of the Good Family”– Author: Jane Howard
B. In the essay, “In Search of the Good Family,” Jane Howard claims that family is essential to humans and their well-beings. Regardless of whether or not people are biologically related, Howard defines family as the “clans or tribes,” or the people that surround you; they are the people you need and encounter each day, which may include peers, acquaintances, and even people in your community. In addition, Howard presents and explores the characteristics that make conventional families and new kinds of families meaningful communities.
C. Evidence
a. Howard uses pathos by addressing his audience in a call to action, “If blood and roots don’t do the job, then we must look to water and branches, and sort ourselves into new constellations, new families.” In this, Howard emotionally ties her audience to her work by redefining family as friends. Also, Howard utilizes logos in referring to “new families” as terminology of the Bangwa tribe of the Cameroons, which “may consist of either friends of the road, ascribed by chance, or friends of the heart, achieved by choice.” Through this use of definition and logos, Howard reflects back to her claim that family extends beyond those genetically related to you.
b. Howard also establishes her ethos by referring to the intellectual fictional work of Kurt Vonnegut, known as Slapstick, “’…human beings need all the relatives they can get–as possible donors or receivers not of love but of common decency.” In the novel, Vonnegut considers extended family as “’one of the four greatest inventions of all time.’” This reference to Vonnegut’s novel supports Howard’s argument that family is essential to people and reveals how significantly family has impacted the life of Vonnegut, as a writer of individual and social scale.
D. Rhetorical Strategies
a. Allusion: Howard alludes to Aristotle’s philosophy on friendship in order to express the slow-paced development of a true friendship. Through this allusion, Howard metaphorically expresses to the reader that in order to be friends with another, one must take the time and true effort to get to know someone, “An ancient proverb he [Aristotle] quotes…you cannot know a man until you and he together have eaten a peck of salt.” This passage conveys that you do not truly know someone, unless you have spent a great amount of time getting to know him or her. Furthermore, Howard alludes to the Apollo spacecraft and the Houston Mission Control to exemplify how a family needs a person who is aware of the whereabouts of everyone else in the family. Howard states, “Good families have a switchboard operator– someone who can keep track of what all others are up to… who plays Houston Mission Control to everyone else’s Apollo.” Just as the people of Houston Mission Control does its job to watch and ensure the safety of the Apollo astronauts, a person in the family, like a mother, for example, watches over and takes care of her husband and children. Through these allusions, the audience is able to better connect the characteristics of family and friendship with tangible, real-life concepts to give a clearer understanding of Howard’s work.
b. Rhetorical Questions: On numerous accounts throughout the essay, Howard utilizes rhetorical questions such as, “What can such times teach us about forming new and more lasting tribes in the future?” and “What are we who lack children to do? Build houses? Plant trees? Write books or symphonies or laws?” These rhetorical questions are built up from facts and evidence presented before the questions in order to provoke thought in the audience or reader. For example, the passage, “Whatever ‘support systems’ may be, the need for them is clearly urgent, and not just in this country. Are there not thriving ‘mega-families’ of as many as three hundred people in Scandinavia?... Should we not applaud and maybe imitate such ingenuity?” presents evidence in the questions that support the idea in the previous sentence. The questions, in this case, include evidence and reflect back on the ideas presented that lead up to them. The effect of rhetorical questions is to engage the reader to the work by getting them to ponder the information provided.
MLA Citation
Howard, Jane. "In Search of the Good Family." 2008. The Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford, 2008. 283-88. Print.
Rachel Suizo
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
January 26, 2011
REHUGO Analysis – Reading: Essay
A. Title and Author – “Search of the Good Family” by Jane Howard
B. In the article, “Search of the Good Family”, the author Jane Howard states no matter who a person is, a family is needed.
C. Evidence
a. Howard establishes her ethos by stating quotes. She uses an experience with a friend stating “it gets harder and harder with the passage of time . . . you need support systems” which proves every person needs a family for support throughout life. By sharing her own experience, Howard proves her support is credible.
D. The author supports her position in the article by using logos. In the article, Howard defines various aspects that make up the ideal family when listing the ten characteristics of a family. Defining the parts that make up a family establishes the author's knowledge about family
E. Rhetorical Strategies
a. Howard uses classification and division to strengthen her position by categorizing the qualities needed to have a good family. As each quality is stated, each sentence begins with “Good families. . .” which creates a picture of what an ideal family pertains.
b. The author uses rhetorical questions to provoke thought in the article. She asks questions such as “Are there not thriving ‘mega-families’ of as many as three hundred people in Scandinavia?” and “Have not the Japanese for years had an honored, enduring . . . custom of adopting nonrelatives to fill gaps in their families?”. Asking those questions proves that family does not have to be specifically blood related but people you care for.
Citation:
Shea, Renee Hausmann., Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin. Aufses. "More
Working Parents Play "Beat the Clock"" The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing and Rhetoric. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print.
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