Thesis
The age of the author in the beginning of the story.
What is his age?
What is an anecdote?
(Personal experience)
Page 181
“One day rushing into the office of a magazine I was writing for with a deadline story in hand, I was mistaken for a burglar. The office manager called security and, pursued me through the halls, nearly to my editor’s door. I had no way of proving who I was.” Pg 181
When the article was written.
What is 1986?
Giving in to his rage lead to madness.
Acting out rage could create destruction.
College attended.
What is the University of Chicago.
What is Appeal to Character?
Page 180
“I came of age in the 1960s, I was scarcely noticeable against a back drop of gang warfare, street knifings, and murders. I grew up one of the good boys, had perhaps a half- dozen fistfights. In retrospect, my shyness of combat has clear sources."
What is "Just Walk on by" ?
The name of what the article was originally called.
Number of examples Staples for how he appears less threatening.
What is three?
Point of him telling the story and feeling.
What is an accomplice in tyranny to relay a message of no judgement based on looks?
What is an Anecdote?
(Personal experience)
Page 179
“It was clear that she thought herself the quarry of a mugger, a rapist, or worse. Suffering a bout of insomnia, however, I was stalking sleep, not defenseless wayfarers.”
The authors degree.
What is Psychology?
People nervous of others dressed casually at night vs formal.
What is can be perceived as shady.
Fear and weapons equal death.
What is logically not thinking.
What is Appeal to Character?
Page 182
“If I happen to be entering a building behind some people who appear skittish, I may walk by, letting them clear the lobby before I return, so as not to seem to be following them. I have been calm on those rare occasions when I’ve been pulled over by the police.
Kind of audience article was written to.
What is intelligent?
Term used to describe night walkers in New York.
What is Steely?
People judge you by how you look and thats not right.
What is the thesis?
What is Compare and Contrast?
Page 179
“As a softy who scarcely able to take a knife to a raw chicken- let alone hold one person’s throat- I was surprised, embarrassed, and dismayed all at once.”
The state author lived in as a kid.
What is Pennsylvania?
Music he listens to.
What is classical music?