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Joyas Voladores was written in 2004 and was published in one of Brian Doyle's collection of essays called "One Long River of Sound". In the early 2000's, many unfortunate events had taken place such as natural disasters, major man-made accidents, political unrest, and the 9/11 attack. The text relates to this specific time by depicting how abrupt a life could end.

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The speaker of the Essay is someone who has experienced loss in their lifetime. The speaker presents himself as a person who knows the true value and fragility of living. The speaker is speaking on behalf of the people who don't understand why human life is precious. This message is important to the author because of his difficult childhood and troubles throughout his adult life.

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The catalyst that sparked the idea of writing Joyas Voladores was the birth of Brian Doyle's son. Doyle's son was born with only three out of four heart chambers, which can often lead to heart failure and death. It was then when Doyle realized how precious and fragile a human life can be. Doyle had to speak because not all people are able to treasure their lives. Doyle wishes to inspire others to recognize human life as a precious privilege.

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The speaker is trying to reach an audience of people who have experienced difficulties in their lives. This is apparent due to the speaker's rugged early life. The intended audience can relate to the text because of similar experiences they may have had.

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The speaker wants the audience to know that no matter how a heart is guarded, there is always something to break the barrier. So, do not waste life trying to block things from getting to the heart, because it will happen anyway. The speaker relays the idea that there is limited time on the earth for everything, so don't waste time with things because it will enevebitly end all the same as before.

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Doyle develops with an informative nature, by giving the reader a look into the nature of the heart in different animals, and gives similarities between the hearts of living creatures to demonstrate the unification among life. Later in the Essay, Doyle becomes more resentful and reflective when speaking about the heart and the emotions that come from it. This demonstrates that he has experience with the subject he is trying to convey, giving the audience a reason to accept the message he is trying to portray.

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Doyle employs the organizational pattern of description while discussing the fascinating functions of several different animal species. Doyle speaks in detail about a hummingbird's lifespan and how fast the hummingbird's life progresses. Doyle also speaks in depth about the blue whale's heart. Doyle describes this heart to be so large a child could walk inside of it. He also describes the early life of a whale and it's piercing cries while traveling across the ocean.
Doyle's second apparent organizational pattern is Compare and Contrast. Doyle compares the size of the hummingbird's heart to the eraser of a pencil. Doyle implies that even if the hummingbird's heart is small, it is the core of its being. Doyle does not want the audience to take their life for granted so he speaks about something that seems insignificant, but this small thing can be an entire living things being. Doyle last organizational pattern is Classification and Division. Doyle divides different animals into different groups near the end of his essay. He speaks of different species and compares the animal's hearts. He states that each class of animal has a different amount of heart chambers. Doyle suggests that even if a heart is different, it is still meant to hold onto a persons memories.

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Features (devices - figurative & syntactical, word choice, sentence structure)

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Features (devices - figurative & syntactical, word choice, sentence structure)

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In this quote, "But when they rest they come close to death: on frigid nights, or when they are starving, they retreat into torpor, their metabolic rate slowing to a fifteenth of their normal sleep rate, their hearts sludging nearly to a halt, barely beating, and if they are not soon warmed, if they do not soon find that which is sweet, their hearts grow cold, and they cease to be." (2) both the devices that are being used are polysyndeton and asyndeton. The significance in this paragraph is to explain just how fast a hummingbird is moving throughout the day and that by them just stopping to rest, they're risking their whole life. Another device that Doyle uses in his short essay is simile. He quotes "The valves are as big as the swinging doors in a salon."(4) to give the audience a representation of just how big the blue whale heart actually is. This also go to show that no matter how big, nor small, the heart is, they can both still be shattered in an instant with the same amount of impact. Along with these devices you also uses an asyndeton. Doyle writes that "nothing is known of the the mating habits, travel patterns, diet, social life, language, social structure, diseases, spirituality, wars, stories, despairs and arts of the blue whale." (5) to explain how there are thousands of these large creatures out in the ocean and we still hardly know anything about them. We may know some common things they eat like krill, but that could be one of a hundred things they consume on a daily basis.  Another device that is commonly used in Doyle's short essay is metaphors. In the text, he is comparing the hummingbird heart to a race-car by saying "they have race -car hearts that eat oxygen." (3) Not only is a metaphor being used in this quote, but personification is also present when Doyle says that their hearts eat oxygen. His word choice give the hummingbird's heart, human characteristics by saying it can eat. The last device that is very commonly used in "Joyas Voladres" are Euphemisms. In the second paragraph, Doyle writes that the hummingbird's "hearts grows cold, and they cease to be." He is just basically describing the stopping of the hummingbird's heart but saying it in a different way.

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In the text, Doyle uses all of the appeals however, he uses pathos as his most prominent rhetorical strategy to try and appeal to the audiences emotions. An example of pathos in the test is when he say that "Their hearts are stripped to the skin for the war against gravity and inertia, the mad search for food, the insane idea of flight. The price of their ambition is a life closer to death; they suffer more heart attacks and aneurysms and ruptures than any other living creature."  The author is trying to fill the audience with sorrow as he explains the struggle hummingbirds have to go through in order to survive in this big world.  He was us to understand that although we, the audience, may be struggling our everyday life, there are creatures out on this plant who are fighting for their life. The use of ethos in Doyles text is when he uses scientific facts. He is trying to get his audience to trust what he is saying by expressing his knowledge. Doyle also uses logos because of the interesting and unique facts he includes. For example, he talks about how humming birds can dive at 60mph.

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In essay, "Joyas Voladores"(2012), Brian Doyle asserts that life is short so vicariously and not waste time on thing that have little meaning. Doyle develops his assertion by describing the heart of other animals, and some of the events that can happen to a heart in one's lifetime. His purpose is to make the readers understand it is alright to have heartache in order to help them not block their hearts from others. Doyle establishes a resentful tone to put an emphasis on the idea he wants to convey, and indirectly show how it affected him.