In “America Needs Its Nerds,” by L. Fridman, addresses an issue that still exists in today's society: that students perceived as intelligent are ridiculed. In his exhortation Leonid argued that the curious and smart scholars need not to be ashamed of their intellect, and that society needs to change their attitude towards these types of people because it comes off as pessimistic. The writer combats these views with rhetoric, parallelism, and strategic diction. Early in the writing, the author writes “intellectually curious and academically serious,” which is a use of parallelism since the words are similar in its pronunciation and grammatically overall. He uses this rhetoric again in lines 20 thru 23, as he examines the stereotyping students face and are forced into, for being serious about their academics. He Mr. Firdman uses dition throughout his essay to more than likely suggest that he is or has been considered a nerd as well. His very descriptive word structure is evident throughout, with lines 20 thru 32 containing connotations and imagery to evoke pathos in the audience with words such as ‘grave’ and ‘haunt’.
b) because the author has them talking as if they were from a specific era. they talk as if they are from the great depression ,which they are.
Similarities- Relocate from home, Education
Differences-Status, Ideologies
Explanation:
Bruno and Shmuel had stark similarities as well as contrasting differences.
Similarities include-
1. Both of the boys were forced to relocate from their homes. Bruno left his home due to his father who got a new position in the Nazi regime. Shmuel was taken as a prisoner during war and later put in a concentration camp thereby leaving his home in Poland.
2. Both of them (Bruno and Shmuel) was born on 15th April 1934 and were educated. Bruno had a private tutor who taught him the ideologies of the Nazi party. Shmuel was schooled by his mother who herself was a teacher, taught him about foreign languages.
Difference between them includes-
1. Bruno and Shmuel belong to two different strata of society. Bruno lived in opulence surrounded and cared for by maids and servant at all times. Shmuel lived in a dingy, cramped barrack always overlooked by cruel ill-tempered guards.
2. Bruno was raised in the Germany ruled by Nazi’s to the parents who were on the side of Hitler’s regime. Shmuel, on the other hand, was raised in Poland. He was born to parents of Jewish origins.