An Orange Vest...An Orange Waste

After reading "An Orange Vest" I honestly felt like I wasted a few minutes of my time. The author felt completely humiliated about having to wear an orange vest. More then likely they themselves have treated people who have to do community service in orange vests unfairly. If that instant is true then they got exactly what they deserved. To them it may have been a revelation to treat people with respect but to most they really should know better.

End of the Line? --True inner thoughts

After reading the essay "End of the Line?" about someone on a MARTA bus, I thought either this person is a true intellectual or they are so bored that they have to imagine a story that may or may not be false about random people on a bus. Clearly to me this essay tries to divulge into a concept of a higher and more important meaning of life. As with a different collection of people sharing the same mode of transportation to take them to completely different routes. Which bring up the saying "It's not how you get there; it's where you're going"

It's My TURN --Summary

In the student essay "The Corporate Essay: Stripped of Identity" the author in my opinion effectively examines the rigorous effects of standards in writing that has indeed crippled school writing creativity.

"How may I severe you"

is an convert phrase that the author believes has been injected into our mind frames to please others. The idea of our and all societies converting to please an authority figure is one theory about our lack of individualistic beliefs.



The short essay "Rexall" is a southern story about returning to roots; it implies that the simplicity and genuine feeling of a small town diner is an eye opening and unforgettable experience. The author writes about their experience from entering the diner and seeing the decor to sitting down to ordering, eating their meal, and paying for their meal. The author wrote a southern life paper in order to persuade readers to appreciate the causal southern experience. The audience is one that has lived in either cities or suburbs who are used to the quick fast and easy dining experience without getting anything from it besides a larger waist-line.

The Art of Persuasion

Cicero’s Rhetorica ad Herennium may have been more thought provoking when it was first introduced but since writers after him have simplified his many types of Rhetoric, reading it seems confusing. People have a need for simplicity making us look for the easy way out; yet, we still need to look at the work of people from the past that has helped to make our life and understanding easier by their ideals. There are entire classes based on Cicero’s philosophy dealing with Speech, Delivery, Style, and Figure of Thought. The basic art of Persuasion is what Cicero has given to the world. What we have learned is how to effectively change someone’s thinking to reflect our own based solely on the words we use and when we use them.