https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep Using the directions Google Classroom and your text, create a board in which you represent and analyze the text. en-us 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC 2025-12-14 15:25:04 UTC hello@padlet.com acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838394 In his essay "Joyas Voladoras" (2012), author Brian Doyle claims to live every second to the fullest even through the most miserable of times. He supports this claim by describing drastically different, unique ways of life with heavy imagery, comparing and contrasting organisms similarities, and then exemplifying characteristics of the living beings that he mentions. Doyle's purpose is to appeal to the audiences emotions in order to cause a pensive mindset. He establishes an awestruck, erudite tone for the general human population- an audience with emotional connections to nature and living organisms.]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838394 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838401 Doyle appears ethical and trustworthy to the audience by providing scientific facts, statistics and proven statements. He states how "the biggest heart in the world is inside the blue whale..." and that "a child could walk around it, head high, bending only to step through the valves.." in order to provide a more scientific understanding  of his facts through comparison for the reader. Throughout this essay, Doyle appeals to many of the audiences emotions, mainly nostalgia. He describes situations the whole audience can relate to on a personal level like how "the memory of [the reader's] father’s voice early in the morning echoing from the kitchen where he is making pancakes for his children.." remains present throughout their lives. Logically, Doyle states many facts about the organisms he highlights and how living beings are all similar in some ways. He reveals how "No living being is without interior liquid motion..." and that "...we all churn inside." in order to provide a sense of reasoning and a knowledgeable mindset for the audience. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838401 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838403 1. Asyndeton- "So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment." Doyle's use of an asyndeton emphasizes how even the little moments in each organisms life matters. As he highlights the differences between living beings, he also highlights the main similarity, which is the heart and how much it emotionally and physically impacts organisms.
2. Metaphor- "A hummingbird's heart is the size of a pencil eraser." Doyle's utilization of a metaphor states a scientific fact which suggests how small the hummingbird's heart is compared to the other organisms he writes about. This proves his knowledge, but also appeals to the message on how any kind of small things are important too.
3. Simile- "[The blue whale's heart is] as big as a room. It is a room, with four chambers." Similar to the metaphor on the size of a hummingbird's heart, Doyle compares the blue whale's heart to the size of a room. The large comparisons he utilizes highlights the importance of the organ in a different organism, which is much larger than a tiny bird. This leads us back to Doyle's main message, no matter  how large or small, emotional impacts will inevitably occur.
4. Asyndeton- "We are utterly alone in the end- not mother and father, not wife or husband, not lover, not child, not friend." Doyle's usage of an asyndeton signifies the negatives of humans having emotions, which homosapiens are born with. He highlights how humans are alone in the end, no matter what, humans are left with no one as they die. 
5. Metaphor- "We open windows to each but we live alone in the house of the heart." Doyle compares a heart to a house, suggesting that humans would rather deal with constant familiarity and protection of their emotions and vulnerability, than experience any change due to fear of inevitable grief.]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838403 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838409 Doyle uses heavy description and imagery of each organism he speaks about. He also compares and contrasts organisms he identifies in the text, such as the hummingbird and blue whale. He addresses living beings similarities, but also major differences. Doyle exemplifies characteristics of the examples he utilizes by stating facts, but using devices and imagery as well to support the text. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838409 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838410 At the beginning of the text, Doyle exerts a erudite tone by stating multiple facts about the hummingbird. As he starts to highlight other organisms differences and similarities, he applies an awestruck tone due to his interests and amazement of the facts he's stating. The end of Doyle's text establishes a pensive tone, transitioning from a scientific view, to a more intense, sentimental outlook on the emotions of human beings.]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838410 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838414 Brian Doyle, the writer of this text aspires to accomplish the spread of his underlying message which is that life has no meaning without love and without a heart. His reason behind this text is to embrace the importance of hearts in all beings and to educate those who overlook life without this huge aspect called love. The writer wants the audience to take this message and to bring it with them throughout their lives in order for them to live their lives to the fullest. The authors intention is to see others embrace hearts and to embrace love more. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838414 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838419 The writer of this text is trying to reach all beings, but also younger people in order ensure his message within them throughout their lives. This is his audience because of his vast imagery of all beings hearts being so important, and not just humans. The reader can also infer that his message in this text is directed to young people because he almost talks about the subject in a sorrowful way which conveys that he could've not realized this message during his youth. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838419 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838422 The catalyst that sparked the writer to write this text was most likely his own path in life, or others close around him. He writes this text to embrace one of the simplest but also most complex joys in life, and how many beings cannot survive without it. The speaker feels as though not very many people understand the significance of love, and more specifically hearts, in life. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838422 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838424 Brian Doyle, the author of this text is a story writer sprung from parents of of a newspaperman and a teacher. We can tell from the writers point of view in this text that he is a very wise and older aged as he has most likely conveyed lessons he himself has learned in life within the text. The message of this text does not pertain only to the writer and his opinions, but it is a message that is well known by others in life. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838424 acadena1819 https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838428 Brain Doyle, in 2012 writes this text a he comes across the realization of people wasting their lives living without something that makes them feel loved. This exigence from the author could stem from himself being driven towards success and independence throughout his life and realizes that life loses its meaning and deteriorates without the aspect of emotions and love. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acadena1819/aheez5wi0h5xlrep/wish/752838428