Prompt 1: Orwell employs many rhetorical strategies to examine the effects oppression has the oppressor. Use the following questions to guide your discussion of this essay:- What is Orwell\’s goal in relating this incident? What does this event symbolize for him?- Orwell opens the essay with the statement, I was hated by large numbers of people. ” What impact does that line have on readers? Does it do more than simply attract attention? – Discuss the figurative language Orwell uses on page 223 to describe the death of the elephant. What images and details does he use to create a sense of honor? Prompt 2: In the essay\” How to Mark a Book\”(pp.354-357), Mortimer Adler gives readers a set of instructions or directions on how to perform a specific task. Use the following questions to guide your discussion of his essay: – This essay was published more than sixty years ago . Are Alder\’s suggestions any different from the study skills you may have learned in high school or college? Explain
