| One of the language techniques that Ron Suskind uses is metaphor like when he said “I tell him he is in a race, a marathon.I tell him those people on the sideline are already out of the race,the writer is trying to suggest that Cedric’s education is long and hard like a race, the writer also suggest that the other pupils in Ballou high have gave up on their education when he says I tell him those people on the sideline are already out of the race this can also mean that the other students are just watching the good students like Cedric get a good education because they have gave up on their education.This quote shows that Cedric’s education because he competing with other people and he wants to come first.
The other technique that Ron Suskind uses is personification you can see this when he says, ‘failure is persuasive here, even seductive.’ Here, the writer suggests that in Ballou high it is hard to succeed and the students think it is good to fail, the writer is also suggesting that failing feels nice when he says seductive as this is like when a female seduces a male,the writer also suggest that the students like Cedric are want to do good but they are being persuaded to fail or do bad stuff because of their circumstances and they are all black and poor in a racist country so they believe that if they do good in school it means that they are like white people and they are betraying their black brothers.
The metaphor “i tell him he is in a race, a marathon. I tell him those people on the sideline” talks about the journey that Cedric has to face to success and get a good education, however this quote “failure is persuasive here, even seductive” talks about how the students at the want to succeed but they are forced to fail because of their colour and status in their country.
Ron also uses language technique like when he says ‘But where i start from is far behind where some other kids are, I have to run twice the distance to catch up’ with this quote the writer is trying to suggest that Cedric has to try harder than the other students not only because of the different work but because of his colour and his status compared to the other kids.This quote also suggest that Cedric is still in the race for a good education but there is more competitors in this race which would make it hard to win this race.
Suskind also uses another language technique when he says ‘Being a minority and a hard achiever means you have to carry extra baggage about who you are and where you belong, that puts them at risk’ Ron is trying to suggest people like Cedric will find difficulty to graduate than white students. The term extra baggage suggest that it will be more hard for people with colour, the metaphor is trying to say that Cedric has a burden an his journey and has to try and carry this the whole way and when you have extra baggage on plane you have pay this shows that Cedric will have to pay to graduate .
The metaphor ‘but where i start from is far behind where some other kids are, i have to run twice the distance to catch up’ talks about how Cedric has come to a new school but he still has troubles to learn and to catch up with the other pupil, however this quote’Being a minority and a hard achiever means you have to carry extra baggage about who you are and where you belong that puts them at risk’ this quote talks about not only about Cedric but about all the students that are of colour in this school and about the difficulty that they face and a community and a unit.
Suskind also uses language techniques in part 1 to describe the difficulty in Cedric’s education,when he says ‘The arduous Odyssey’. The author uses this quote to represent Cedric’s journey and how he faces difficulties in his education and his school. This quote is referring to an ancient Greek myth about how Odysseus went on a long tough journey to finally get where he wanted to be.Ron uses this story to compare with Cedric because he has to battle bullies and local gangs to keep his education going just like the myth.This is compared to Cedric where failure is nearly guaranteed. The word arduous means a long and dangerous journey which is like what Cedric is going through in Ballou High to get to MIT such as bullying and violence. He also has to work extra by himself outside school to get a decent education which is like a trial therefore emphasising the Odyssey part of the quote which was a tough journey with hard trials along the way.
In conclusion Ron Suskind uses these quotes to explain Cedric’s journey and how his education changes when in one place to another. The quote that I think captures Cedric’s journey was “The Ardous Odyssey.” This is because Of how relatable it is to his journey. The quote is comparing Odysseus as he faced many problems to get to the place he wanted to be. These problems include violence, as he was bullied for being better than the other kids and actually trying, but also because his school Ballou High did not give their students any education which is why Cedric fells like he is behind at MIT even though he is working very hard at home. This is why i think that the quote ‘The Ardous Odyssey,’ describes Cedric’s journey from MIT to Ballou high in the best way, in my opinion. |
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