Please click the link below to access the 9/11 reflection by Martin Amis. This article will be read and discussed in class. Please read actively and take notes - pay special attention to rhetorical devices and appeals.
For homework, write a 400 word reflection in which you discuss the diction, tone and appeals. At the end of your reflection, discuss the meaning of the following sentences: "All over again the west confronts an irrationalist, agonistic, theocratic/ ideocratic system which is essentially and unappeasably opposed to its existence. The old enemy was a superpower; the new enemy isn't even a state". Due Wed/Thur.
CLICK HERE for the article.
For homework, write a 400 word reflection in which you discuss the diction, tone and appeals. At the end of your reflection, discuss the meaning of the following sentences: "All over again the west confronts an irrationalist, agonistic, theocratic/ ideocratic system which is essentially and unappeasably opposed to its existence. The old enemy was a superpower; the new enemy isn't even a state". Due Wed/Thur.
CLICK HERE for the article.