AP Language Rhetorical Analysis

AP Language Rhetorical Analysis In Jennifer Prices critical essay, The Plastic Pink Flamingo A Natural History, she assesses the irony in the popularity of the iconic malleable flamingo in American culture in the 1950s. Price illustrates her irony and negative attitude towards the way Americans destroy the lives of the flamingo and replaced it with an obnoxious, inanimate, over celebrated Floridian souvenir with uncomely diction juxtaposed with positive word choice and through factual history of early symbols of the flamingo to show the superficiality of Americans post WWIIa.In her essayb, Price assesses the irony of the oomph and boldness the flamboyant lawn ornaments bring even 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 sarcastic attitude, the comical impression she portrays is intertwined within the lines of her factual information of the flamingos history.The trend obviously innocent to the peocple with these beautiful, shiny, hard 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, too soon Christians associated it with the red phoenix. In ancient Egypt, it symbolized the sun god Ra. In Mexico and the Caribbean, it remains as a major motifs in fine art, dance, and literature.Price expresses that not only did the flamingo extend 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 hue 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 simply vehement pink, Price illustrates that Americans were living by the bigger, the better rule one shade of pink is not enough to represent the American boldness in the cracking 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, exhibit the irony Price expresses of the demolishing of flamingos habitats, but Americans taking pride in the fact that we can just replicate these small creatures.The recreation becoming such(prenominal) 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 achievable as it moved into our everyday lives with all shades of pink being 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 point of making a mockery of such foolishness.P rice seems to express a negative and sardonic attitude towards American ignorance and irrationality of their thinking. Price writing with overall adverse juxtaposed diction she mocks the Americans, yet they fail to see the flamingos role 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.