I. Introduction Thesis Statement: Steve Almond seeks to per…
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I. Intrоductiоn Thesis Stаtement: Steve Almоnd seeks to persuаde reаders on the "defense of male clutter" citing towards marriage experience, specific examples of "AMJ" and appealing to readers emotions with fun memories and life experiences. II. Ethos a. "One of the best decisions I've made in my three plus years of marriage". b. "My friend Owen, for instance, who is now happily married with a child". c. "Consider the donnybrook I got into with my first serious girlfriend". III. Pathos a. "Either it functions as a reminder of our joyously unkempt bachelorhoods or it represents our wholly unrealistic hopes for the future". b. "Look, we all need something to remember our pasts by". c. "No, seriously honey," I say, "you don't understand. This album got me through 1997!" IV. Logos a. "In my own case, this junk included, but was not limited to, a rusty bread box dating back to the Eisenhower administration, two hand-painted walking sticks, a 78-rpm phonograph, a broken snow blower given to me by my old landlord, and exactly 4,123 CDs". b. "But what of the huge box of old electronics that lives in our garage, right between the abandoned tool kit and the stack of New Yorker magazines dating back to 1989?" c. " This is where the tool kit comes into play. We're pretty sure we could construct this robot-let's call it the AMJ-1200-but we need to learn how to use that soldering kit first, the one we never bothered unpacking". V. Conclusion Rewarded Thesis: Defending "male clutter", Steve Almond cites marriage experience, specific examples of "AMJ", and appeals to readers emotions with fun memories and life experiences. Yarbrough.PDF
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