Write a blog post that uses some of these strategies in responding to either the French Twist essay or Harry Potter and the Ignomious Cop Out by the same author.
I chose to write about "Harry Potter the Ignomious Cup."
In here the author's main point is to convey the ridiculousness of the the Harry Potter books. The fact that he didn't die left eh author feeling a big "gyped." After harry's luck in surviving everything thrown at him, the author felt that he was "owed" harry's death. By letting harry live....."Rowling seems to misunderstand the power of catharsis. It’s not simple reassurance, it’s a primal release." The author believes that the author ignored teh rules of writing.
The rhetorical strategies used are metaphors and humor. "This is roughly the equivalent of Oedipus Rex’s tearing his eyes out, then stumbling across a wise old friend who tells him: “Hey, guess what, buddy? You know how you just killed your dad and slept with your mom, like the oracle predicted? Well, since you did it all with totally innocent love in your heart, it doesn’t count! Go tell your mom to untie that noose! And look, your eyes just grew back! All is well!” teh author compares Harry potter to Oedipus Rex here in ahumoruos way.
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