https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-03-09 17:40:59 UTC 2025-09-29 11:48:51 UTC hello@padlet.com schrocni https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159064341 Weisel starts his speech with a 3rd person narrative, which we know is actually about himself.]]> 2017-03-09 17:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159064341 schrocni https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159072677 Weisel uses quite a few rhetorical questions (see paragraph 20). He seems to use this as part of a pacing mechanism...like a way to speed things up and get people thinking into action.]]> 2017-03-09 18:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159072677 schrocni https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159073164 In Weisel's speech, he starts with a "story" of a child, and ends with pleas for children. This shows a development of a specific child's story to a more general issue of children as war victims and our responsibility to those children. This acts almost as an argument within his argument...an emphasis.]]> 2017-03-09 18:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159073164 schrocni https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159074122 Weisel says "So much violence; so much indifference". The use of the semi colon here between these two contrasting thoughts shows the sharp conflict at the core of his argument]]> 2017-03-09 18:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159074122 schrocni https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159075165 Gladwell uses descriptive and specific words to describe NY neighborhoods in his intro. It's like he is trying to take me there to see what urban sprawl looks like to set the stage for crime/violence conversation.]]> 2017-03-09 18:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159075165 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159076251 Wiesel often asks questions throughout his speech, to get the readers thinking and to also explain his thoughts process during his time spent at the camp. ]]> 2017-03-09 18:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159076251 schrocni https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159076603 Gladwell uses this question to introduce his argument: What if homicide, which we often casually refer to as an epidemic, actually is an epidemic, and moves through populations the way the flu bug does? Would that explain the rise and sudden decline of homicide in Brooklyn North?
It's like by framing it as a question he can ease the reader into his point.

]]> 2017-03-09 18:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159076603 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159077206 Wiesel crafts each argument by using rhetorical questions. ]]> 2017-03-09 18:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159077206 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159080180 Wiesel repeats the word indifference throughout the entire article to show how he feels about it, what it means and different scenarios it applies to.]]> 2017-03-09 18:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159080180 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159080952 In Wiesel's article, he often questions why people do the things they do even though they know it is wrong. For instance, he asks " Is it necessary at times to practice it simply to keep one’s sanity, live normally, enjoy a fine meal and a glass of wine, as the world around us experiences harrowing upheavals?" He had talked about how people know what is going on but they pretend that there is nothing bad or harsh going on that they need to fix so they carry on with their life as people around the world suffer.]]> 2017-03-09 18:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159080952 19gercma https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159081564 Wiesel uses a total of 26 rhetorical questions in his speech. ]]> 2017-03-09 18:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159081564 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082234 Throughout the entirety of the article the words like hope and sympathy are used but also words like indifference and tragic are used as they are like opposites working against each other.]]> 2017-03-09 18:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082234 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082242 Gladwell crafts his argument by comparing his point of homicide being an epidemic to other epidemics such as teen sex and flu bugs. The author does this because it helps prove his point that little things such as teenage sex can cause greater things. ]]> 2017-03-09 18:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082242 19gercma https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082434 Gladwell explains the NY crime situation by repeatedly comparing it to a disease epidemic]]> 2017-03-09 18:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082434 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082505 Uses stories like the ketchup to make a point and the one in the beginning about new York to set the scene ]]> 2017-03-09 18:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082505 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082881 Wiesel starts to make sections that sort out his thinking by using the beginning to the end.]]> 2017-03-09 18:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159082881 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159083390 Wiesel uses stories to start to help out his thinking. Some of the stories are personal while others aren't his to tell, but it helps support his theory.]]> 2017-03-09 18:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159083390 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159084053 starts a couple paragraphs by saying what scientists and epidemiologists think to prove what he is saying  ]]> 2017-03-09 18:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159084053 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159359100 gladwell argues that homicide and other crimes can spread like disease.
most people would assume that this has nothing to do with it some people argue it does and others it doesnt but i think it does]]> 2017-03-10 18:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159359100 https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159762213 2017-03-13 17:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/schrocni/gd68bko7sv70/wish/159762213