Thursday, January 22, 2009
George Monbiot
George a well- rounded man who has many different views and thoughts through his many different outlooks. A journalist, columist, author, academic, and enviromental activist. He is one that believes there needs to be a drastic change along with strong political views in order for us to capture the climate change problems that we ar e now faced with. He believes that there are many other things that we can do ourselves to help reduce the risk of climate change including: buliding regulations with german passivhaus standerds, having patio heaters, garden floodlights just to name a few. This just isn't something that everyone has to start dealing with themselves but more importantly its a change in ourselves too. Monbiot, a very decorated author as well as columist. He has published many pieces of work including his most recent published work, Heat: How to stop the planet burning.
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You gave a really good description of George Monbiot, you have defiantly learned a lot about him. Maybe you could have told more about the rhetoric in "Heat" and how he grabs the readers attention.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this, however, I found he used all different kinds of strategies: ethos, pathos, logos....
ReplyDeleteIt paralleled Carson's writings a lot.
But I agree with what you have said here--he does push for us to make a drastic change.
Your post does a good job of assessing Monbiot's background and beliefs, but a more in-depth look at the specific instances in which he uses the three strategies of rhetoric might be a little more helpful in examining the effectiveness of his argument.
ReplyDeleteGood detail in talking about the author and his background, and making a clear connection about what Monbiot's writing was about!
ReplyDeleteOne can tell that you researched him and found out what his motives are. Maybe you could have elaborated on how he used rhetorical strategies to keep the readers attention.
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