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An Awakening Through a Eulogy
Title: An Awakening Through a Eulogy
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1426 | Pages: 6.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
An Awakening Through a Eulogy
In Todd Clifton’s funeral speech, IM attempts to liberate himself through the use of rhetorical language. He breaks free of the Brotherhood’s “blueprints” by speaking with no set framework, going against the brotherhoods belief in social vs. racial equality by implying Todd was a hero in a world of white supremacy. He uses repetitiveness when calling out Todd’s name, attempting to give Todd some sort of identity. By calling out to Todd’…showed first 75 words of 1426 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1426 total…should keep away from it, in the safety and darkness of their naivety. “His name was Todd Clifton, he believed in Brotherhood, he aroused our hopes and he died.” Suddenly it was no longer “The” Brotherhoo!
d, but merely ‘Brotherhood,’ yet Todd had left The Brotherhood. By using what their name represented while dissociating from the organization itself, IM spoke of the true ideal that Todd stood for: the untainted pursuit for equality through independence.
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