Read Shipping Out and in a 200-300 word blog post analyze the rhetorical strategies Wallace uses to describe luxury cruise lines. What is the author’s attitude towards luxury and how does he signal that in his rhetorical choices?
Wallace uses Pathos in saying "i know, i've been there, listen to me." Through the entire piece, each sentence (but the last paragraph)starts with "I have" and is follwed by some verb (seen, heard, smelled) that is generally related to one of the 5 senses. "I have learned that there are actually intensities of blue beyond very bright blue. I have eaten more and classier food ..." This is an example of the reetition and parallel phrasing used. His use of syntax in these ares is very qualified is not a bit over qualified.
I don't know if his atitude is neggative or positive. He speaks of the good sides to pampering on cruises, but at the end confuses ith his negative tone with how the pampering ideals are presented. "The fact hat adult Americans tend to associate the word "pamper" with a certain other consumer product is not an accident..." makes it seem like he's blaming advertising for spoiling americans. ut, i think over all his tone is positive with all of the pleasant adjectives used and parallel syntax.
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