"Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?"

The beginning of the paragraph has a very dark mood, as illustrated by the line "one by one the soldiers squatted in the shadows, vanishing into the primitive stealth of warfare." Word choice with "shadows" and "primitive stealth" help to convey a dark, slmost oppressive atmosphere. After a heavy introductory description like this, the reader might expect a hardened soldier to be the main character, so they would be surprised to see a young, relatively innocent character like Paul Berlin. He's unaccustomed to seeing death and bloodshed, as shown by the repition of "Billy Boy Watkins had died of a heart attack that afternoon." A hardened soldier woulf be more accepting of Billy Boy's death, not trying to deny it. The dark atmosphere contrasts with the bright innocence of Paul, and causes the reader to feel sympathy towards him.

Ads & Fallacies (1/16/13)

Corn Flakes
This ad uses logos, because it's logical to buy corn flakes that "won't wilt" and will stay crunchy.

A fallacy commited is a half-truth; they only mention how they're made from corn, despite the fact that they have rice in them.


Alkaseltzer
This ad uses logos, because it's logical to use a medicine that's the best and can cure "anything.'

The fallacy used is argument from omniscience, because they claim it can be used for any stomach and to solve any problem.


Delk
This ad uses logos, because you'd want to save money on your car and get the best quality service.

The fallacy is argument from omniscience, because you can't guarantee you'll get the deal before anybody else.

"Chain Gang"

This song is talking about the criminals ("chain gang"; they wear chains) who are forced to work long hours ("all day long they work so hard") without hope ("you hear them moaning their lives away"). These people are opressed by the chains they wear-which could be metaphorical (they could also be 'slaves' to the need for work and money rather than criminals)-and they hope JFK can set them free.