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The Kite Runner

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Rhetorical Triangle Writer, Audience, and Context Novelist Khaled Hosseini came to the United States as a 15-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who knew only a few words of English. Today, he is a doctor, a United Nations goodwill ambassador, and author of two internationally acclaimed books, “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” H e left Afghanistan in 1976, Kabul was a "growing, thriving, cosmopolitan city." By the end of his father’s four-year post at the Afghan Embassy in Paris, his country had been invaded by the Soviet Union.  Hosseini and his family sought asylum in the United States and ended up in California, where he became a doctor and eventually wrote “The Kite Runner,” which was an overnight literary sensation.   I believe this book is geared toward a more mature  audience  as well as one interested in learning about the cultural differences between the United States and Afghanistan. They would need to be prepared...
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1984 Rhetorical Analysis

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Rhetorical Triangle Writer, Audience, and Context In 1984, George Orwell inputs his own popular opinions and describes what life would be like in the future if history were to head that direction. Having witnessed firsthand the totalitarian governments in Spain and Russia would go in order to sustain and increase their power. O rwell most likely designed 1984 to sound the alarm in western nations still unsure about how to approach the rise of communism. Orwell was uneasy that the widespread cruelties and oppressions he observed in communist countries, and seems to have been concerned by the role of technology in enabling oppressive governments to monitor and control their citizens. His opinions and concepts such as the dangers of a Totalitarian government, psychological manipulation, control of information and history, and many more. It seems that Orwell’s purpose is to not only persuade his audience, but to warn them of what can come in the future if communism was to sp...
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)

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How did this book succeed so much that it did?        This was my original thought before reading this novel, but when I put time in this novel, it felt exhilarating to first handedly witness the crime in action. This is a nonfiction novel by Truman Capote that tells the story of the 1959 family murders, by Perry Smith and Dick Hickock in the state of Kansas. The well recognized writer of this novel goes by the name of Truman Capote, and he uses his skill for the delivery of a classic horror scene. He put in a years work of just research alone to get the novel’s story just right. The audience intended was meant to feel creeped and jittery. This novel was written as an historical true crime that is supposed to appeal to the basic student who wants to be deprived of school and get lost in the words of the author’s work. The context of this book perfectly reflects the author's work with journalism and literature. He paints a colorful pictu...
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How Soccer Explains the World (An Unlikely Theory of Globalization)

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By: Brendan Verano Soccer does explain the World. It is a very interesting book drawing parallels about historical moments/recent history and how they were connected with football issues going on at the moment in the same places. Franklin Foer asserts that both the positive and negative effects of globalization have over done its influence. He proves this through soccer. This sport, which everywhere but in the United States is the most popular team sport of the poor, provides an alternate focal point to both globalized economies and traditional religions and cultures. Capitalists are unable to compete against a sport that manages to change its image in ways to suit local conditions. (Text to Itself) The first chapter for example tells about Serbian groups, their connection with football and how they were instrumental in the Yugoslavian wars. In that chapter you read lots of names that ring a bell from having followed football recently: Obilic, Arkan, the great Red Star of 1...
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