Rhetorical Analysis Thoreau

     Thoreau expresses how an individual must follow himself and not others through his usage of questions and comparisons to fully show the importance of independence from a society. 

     Thoreau begins with a question asking the reader, "Why should we be in such a desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises?" By starting off with this question, it causes the reader to really think about success and the rush to achieve or even to maintain it. He then causes the reader to think even more about success by including companions in the next sentence that follows. By including this word, it causes the reader to see that the rush of trying to gain success is caused by trying to keep up with society. Thoreau sternly advices not to "keep pace with his companion" because he knows that the individual will not go farther than he is but following others. Instead, he encourages the reader to "step to the music in which he hears, however measured or far away". By doing such, the reader will have more independence within himself and know how to reach his own success instead of trying to reach his companion's success. Thoreau expands this even more by asking more questions about how an individual can not be like someone he is not. It causes the reader to really comprehend that he is oh himself and success won't come to him until he understands his own purpose and not others. 

     Thoreau not only asks but also shows through comparisons that being independent is better than following the crowd. Of course, one of his  comparisons includes nature by showing how man can not "maître as soon as an apple tree or an oak". It isn't important that the man follows the path of the tree but it is important that he follows his own path. Thoreau is showing the reader that everyone has their own paths to take and follow and it only hurts them self to follow the wrong path that the crowd and his companions are taking. It only benefits someone if they try to do what they are suppose to do and not what others are doing. Thoreau really stresses that independence is key it finding someone's own success. 

     Through this, Thoreau really hammers into the reader's mind that he shouldn't try to achieve the success of society but instead try to achieve his own success. 

Customer Service Calls Routed to India Rhetorical Analysis

    Many Americans know that when they complain on the phone to their phone company or other companies they may be associated with, some of these calls are not taken by Americans but by people in other countries, most likely India. Outsourcing of service jobs has been more apparent in this time because of the benefits it has on the company. Though some Americans believe that outsourcing is taking away jobs from America and sending it to other places, others do not completely agree with this. Many Indians do not agree with this as well. Beth Duff-Brown, bureau chief of India and Pakistan for the Associated Press, believes that these outsourced service jobs help both America and India and writes about it in an article. Thorough Duff-Brown’s earnest and informative tone, and rebuttal at the end of her article,  she persuades the reader to believe that outsourced service jobs help Indian workers and American companies to strive instead of to take away jobs that are thought to be needed in America.

    Throughout the article, Duff-Brown uses logos to strengthen her argument of Indians and American companies achieving from outsourcing. Her informative tone in these parts of the article cause the reader to be lead to understand more about the benefits in outsourcing. She uses statistics such as “labor can be 70 percent cheaper” in the article to let the readers see that companies are gaining from this. She uses the experience of an Indian who has a service job, Savitha Balasubramanyam, to increase her argument and to make it more valid. Balasubramanyam says continuously in this article how much she is dedicated to this job because of her want to help others. Duff-Brown uses this to let the reader not only believe her and the facts that she gives but to also understand the benefits from an Indian who has an outsourced job as well. She also uses words such as “bone up” and “accelerating” to contribute to her earnest tone in this article. The pay that the workers receive and the experiences they acquire by getting to work in these service jobs enhances her earnest tone and lets the reader see the advantages that Indians get. She also uses bits of metaphors to compare the outsourcing of jobs to being a good thing for business. She uses the metaphor of cooking to show that Indian is an important ingredient that is needed to make companies a world-class business. With this, it shows the reader the importance of Indians having these outsourced jobs and how it helps companies.

    But, Duff-Brown knows that not everyone is accepting of her argument. By ending the article with a rebuttal, it lets the reader have all these good ideas of outsourcing but also acknowledge that there is criticism as well. She uses Arundhati Roy to show that some people believe that outsourcing these jobs to places like India are causing Indians to convert to a culture that is not like their own. It is causing them to have to be a whole different person, which in Roy’s eyes, is not acceptable. The rebuttal at the end really causes the reader to think about both sides and come up with their own opinion on the matter.

    With this article, Duff-Brown really tries to persuade the reader to see that outsourcing has its benefits and isn’t entirely about taking away jobs. It is effective because of her tone and the rebuttal used and really causes the reader to stop and think about what they believe to be true about outsourcing service jobs to countries such as India.