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Ok, the rhetorical activities asked you to write an analysis on an article that you find in the community news paper. They specifically said to look for this article in the editorial page, and I found a weird one. The book prompts you to ask yourself all sorts of scholarly questions about this article you are reading and find determine the sasis of the argument. In Latin, the term stasis means “stand”, in the terms that you have a stand on an issue. According to the book, stasis can be thought of as equilibrium of reason. The idea of stasis has been jarred around with argument so much that it has a dirty name. Stasis is an issue that is deeper than it appears at first glance. The article I read is a perfect example.

My article sounds more like some one had a bad day. This article takes place in a familiar rhetorical situation, his office. An author gets on to the computer and decided to rant about his co-worker. I personally don’t think the author went about it the right way. His thesis was that people were ruining his job. In the article, he jumps into the issue and does not have any copia, instead he seems to tiptoe around details until he finds himself able to elaborate on his opinions. He seems to be attacking these people, without bothering to make sense. He complains about people he works with, and he calls them “busybodies”. He nags about these busybodies and how they have ruined a lot for him. He lacks evidence, poise, and most importantly, conviction. He sounds like a fast talking teenager with kairos problems.

He must have had a few bad days because he writes about it to the Pueblo Chiften! This well known news paper is seen by many in the Pueblo community. The tone of this article and publicity it’s getting shows that this man was treated badly and he wants to fight back. I feel that his is fighting back on a good war, he is taking action against a social norm that haunts us all. I feel that he is fighting what many fight everyday. Acceptance and fellowship are all things we need and desire, and when people don’t get it, they take actions, just like in this morning’s article.

The man writing this article is merely writing from emotion, nothing more. It sounds like he had a bad day (like we all do) and its dealing with it in his own way. Could he have worded it better? Who knows, the bottom line is it makes him feel better. This assignment has made me realize that the everyday issues are often times a part of a very large stasis picture. The small things annoy us, we forgive them, but we have to realize that we all feel that same pressure. I guess we all find our own ways.