Incoming call: Briona Bennett, my best friend. She calls me whenever she can, and always has some sort of story to share. This call was no different, but this time I had important news too. My family and I were planning our annual trip to Mammoth Mountain, and I asked her to come along! I thought the experience would simply be a blast because snowboarding in general is incredible. Being with your family and best friend would be a great bonus. Plus, she had never even been to the snow and I knew she would love it. She asked her dad for permission the minute I invited her, that's how excited she was. "Dad! Dad! Would you let me go with Lexi and her family to Mammoth?!" He asked a few informational questions and then concluded, "Alright I suppose you can go if you behave." She laughed and started screaming in excitement. We were both filled with delight; now we just had to wait three more months.
December finally began and everyday I awoke, longing for it to be the day of our departure for Mammoth. At last, when the the time to leave arrived, my famlily and I woke up
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Alexis Minie
Miss Kim
English 10-1
10 October 2009
In Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, he is speaking to all non-Jews, warning them that "all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew" (Hitler 2). He became ridiculous in the writing, stating that there was a Jewish conspiracy to gain leadership of the world. He was able to effectively use propaganda and rhetoric techniques to convince an entire nation to despise certain types of people. The book and the results that came of it proved that people can most definitely be gullible and blinded by strong leaders even if there is no logic behind their beliefs. The aftermath was anything but positive; it evoked violence, destruction, and unethical hatred.
When motivated by fear, humans can do both wonderful and terrible things. Hitler attempts to arouse panic in his readers by saying "...not only anyone who attacks passes as his enemy, but also anyone who resists him" (Hitler 2). He is claiming that the Jews see everyone who is trying to 'resist' them as enemies, and they will fight. Naturally, if we feel our own lives are in danger, we will always have the instinct to defend ourselves. That is exactly why fear is the main technique he uses in his book; readers think their lives are at stake and therefore have no choice but to attack.
Adolf Hitler remains to this day to be one of the greatest persuasive speakers there ever was. However, I myself believe that his words and actions contained absolutely no ethos. His propaganda and rhetoric techniques make him believable, which was why he was able to convince a whole nation to be on his side. He did not use his brilliant words in a positive way though; he impelled anger and hate in his followers, especially towards the Jews. He inspired a national desire to create a master race and eventually take over the world, which would be the ultimate motive for World War II.
Miss Kim
English 10-1
10 October 2009
In Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, he is speaking to all non-Jews, warning them that "all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew" (Hitler 2). He became ridiculous in the writing, stating that there was a Jewish conspiracy to gain leadership of the world. He was able to effectively use propaganda and rhetoric techniques to convince an entire nation to despise certain types of people. The book and the results that came of it proved that people can most definitely be gullible and blinded by strong leaders even if there is no logic behind their beliefs. The aftermath was anything but positive; it evoked violence, destruction, and unethical hatred.
When motivated by fear, humans can do both wonderful and terrible things. Hitler attempts to arouse panic in his readers by saying "...not only anyone who attacks passes as his enemy, but also anyone who resists him" (Hitler 2). He is claiming that the Jews see everyone who is trying to 'resist' them as enemies, and they will fight. Naturally, if we feel our own lives are in danger, we will always have the instinct to defend ourselves. That is exactly why fear is the main technique he uses in his book; readers think their lives are at stake and therefore have no choice but to attack.
Adolf Hitler remains to this day to be one of the greatest persuasive speakers there ever was. However, I myself believe that his words and actions contained absolutely no ethos. His propaganda and rhetoric techniques make him believable, which was why he was able to convince a whole nation to be on his side. He did not use his brilliant words in a positive way though; he impelled anger and hate in his followers, especially towards the Jews. He inspired a national desire to create a master race and eventually take over the world, which would be the ultimate motive for World War II.
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