AP Language Rhetorical Analysis

AP Language Rhetorical Analysis In Jennifer termss critical essay, The Plastic Pink Flamingo A Natural History, she assesses the irony in the habituality of the iconic plastic flamingo in American culture in the 1950s. Price illustrates her irony and controvert attitude towards the way Americans destroy the lives of the flamingo and replaced it with an obnoxious, inanimate, over storied Floridian souvenir with adverse diction juxtaposed with positive word picking and through factual chronicle of early symbols of the flamingo to show the superficiality of Americans note WWIIa.In her essayb, Price assesses the irony of the pizzazz and boldness the flamboyant lawn ornaments bring raze though the flamingo has been hunted to almost complete extinction by Americans in Florida. The materialistic ways and egos of Americans shone with pride as the fad of the replicas of flamingos rose with the superficiality of the American mind. Saying this with a sardonic attitude, the comical impr ession she portrays is intertwined at heart the lines of her factual information of the flamingos history.The trend seemingly innocent to the peocple with these beautiful, shiny, voteless creatures sitting in front of their trailer they call home are blind to realize the preeminent meaning of the flamingo to others, as pdrice reveals, Early Christians associated it with the sanguine phoenix. In ancient Egypt, it symbolized the sun god Ra. In Mexico and the Caribbean, it remains as a major motifs in art, dance, and literature.Price expresses that not only did the flamingo transmit religious symbols, it continues to embody the arts for other cultures. She shows Americans fail to see the history and true symbolism of the flamingo behind the egocentrism and sassy pink chromaticity the plastic flamingo seems to bring. Price uses contrasting diction to bring out the negatives seen with the American symbolism of the vivacious color the plastic flamingo bringse.First starting out as s imply hot pink, Price illustrates that Americans were living by the bigger, the better incur one shade of pink is not enough to represent the American boldness in the nifty fifties. Along came broiling magenta, livid pink, and methyl green. Broiling, livid, and methyl all having a negative connotation paired with these vibrant colors all directly translated to boldness, showing the irony Price expresses of the wrecking of flamingos habitats, but Americans taking pride in the fact that we can except replicate these small creatures.The recreation becoming such a popular trend, instead of having to take a week long trip to a subtropical area to obtain this plastic prize, the pizzazz became more doable as it moved into our everyday lives with all shades of pink world slapped on our cars and kitchen decor leaving the Americans with more of an ignorance than they previously had. Prices purpose is more to poke fun at the culture to the insinuate of making a mockery of such foolishne ss.Price seems to express a negative and sardonic attitude towards American ignorance and irrationality of their thinking. Price writing with boilers suit adverse juxtaposed diction she mocks the Americans, yet they fail to see the flamingos image in art and literature. We drive them to the point of almost being completely non existent. But no matter, our replicas will take their placef.