1. What is the purpose of this essay?
2. Can you trust the writer?
3. How does this essay work? How does it appeal to the reader? What emotions are transferred from the writer to the reader?
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"Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is a reflective essay about a sister remembering times with her brother from his birth to his death. The purpose is to remind people of how important family togetherness is. Sue Kunitomi Embrey uses verbs and adjectives that describe her thoughts as each memory occurred--which you can feel alongside her. She shows her sadness and her pain when her family was beginning to get torn apart and when her life was being flipped upside down. Her imagery is great,allowing for readers to understand what she wants to say without needing to just say it--like when she explained her brother's funeral.
ReplyDeleteEmbrey can be a trusted writer for this topic because she was actually there to experience it. She had to go through a hard time and wrote about it for all to read. Because she was there during the times with her brother, and since it is a reflection, you can easily trust the writer.
The purpose of this essay was to tell one woman's personal account of her early life during World War Two and immediately thereafter. It is difficult to say whether or not the writer can be trusted, she is not attempting to sell an products, but she does have a bias because of her personal role in the story. She is telling a very deep and personal story about one of her loved ones dying serving the country that treated him poorly as a young boy. This essay works because of the use of time and the vibrant language allowing the reader to connect to the story. It appeals to readers on an emotional basis and is written in an easy to read style. The reader feels the sadness over the loss of her brother as well as the fear and hopelessness of the concentration camp.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this essay is for the writer to reflect back to the story of her younger brother. She describes his life from birth to death. Yes I can trust the writer, i felt the strong emotion and the times and dates throughout the story made it real. She remebered her brothers life so well she could remember time which can be tricky. However when something is very important to us we can remember more. I felt the distance her family had and i also felt the sorrow when her dad and brother had died.
ReplyDeleteThe essay "Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is a reflection essay where Sue Kunitomi Embrey is remembering memories of her younger brother around the time when her family was all in the Manzanar War Relocation Camp. This is a reflection essay so its purpose was to look back to when she was younger and remember what all her brother went through and reflect on his life and death. I can trust the writer because she is telling a story that she went through, she shows emotion a lot in this essay, and she talks about time, she gives you a timeline of all the events as she tells them throughout the essay. This essay works because it is easy to read and to understand so that you as the reader can get a good perception of her life. This essay appeals to the reader because it makes you feel for what she went through, when she is sad and talking about his death you feel that emotion. Sue did a great job getting across the emotion that she was feeling in this essay.
ReplyDeleteThe essay, "Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is a reflection essay. The purpose of this essay is to reflect on memories and the past. In this essay the writer reflects on her childhood and the life of her much younger brother. I believe you can trust the writer because she is telling the story and she was there to experience it. This essay contains many details and emotions, which is appealing to the reader. Emotions like being sad, shocked, and scared are transferred from the writer to the reader. This essay is interesting and easy to read, which is important for a reflection essay.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this essay is for the writer to reflect about a story of her younger brother. She describes his life from his birth to his death. I do believe that I can trust the writer, they used very vivid emotions and dates which made the story more realistic. I thought it was really interesting how she could remember the time in which something happened in her brothers life. And last I really felt how distant her family was and how sad everybody was when her dad and brother died.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this essay is for the writer to reflect back on her life with her brother. She totally describes what the main events of her brothers life. Yes i can trust the writer becasue this is an essay about the main events in her brothers life and it is also pretty factual because of all the specific dates she gives. This essay appeals to the reader becasue it is a biography being told bu a close family member which is a really neat way to do it. I also could kind of tell the distance between her and her family because the family grew further and further apart after her dad and brother died.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of the essay "Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is to tell the reader a story about the life of her younger brother. It's a reflective essay so it tells a story, mainly about her brothers life. I think the reader can be trusted. She is telling us a story and she gets the details spot on. The essay is ment to tell the reader a story. The author puts so much detail and exact times that it really gives the reader plenty of opportunities to understand what is going on. You can also feel the emotion because the author tells the story from the heart with great comparisons.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of the essay "Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is to give a perspective of how the Relocation camps effected the lives of Japanese Americans. It specifically explains the life of a young boy who really grew up in the camp. Tets dropped out of school to get a job after he got out of the relocation camp. The essay just shows the after effect on a kids life who has spent almost all his life behind barbed wires.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this essay was to tell the story of the writers younger brothers life. She tells mainly important facts that define the brothers personality. She can be trusted because her word is the only word you have. She lived through it and around her brother so its true. You can feel the emotion for yourself, but the writer also gives you a sense of what she felt by the way she suddenly transitions to tragedy. - Dominic Williams
ReplyDelete"Some Lines for a Younger Brother..." written by Sue Kuitomi Embrey, born a Japanese American citizen, is an essay that reflects on who she and her family were before and after the Wars. Embrey's purpose was to show the effects of how, an unjustified government action(created from the mass hysteria of the times), and Wars, can tear families apart, influence an individuals life and the difficulties of repairing broken relationships. Embrey shows how she lost her belief in our government while incarcerated at the Manzanar Relocation Camp. Although Embrey acknowledges,in her essay, the publics attention twenty-six years later, to the plight of the Japanese Americans of 1942,she also subtly hints that the government does not. It is because of the bias and prejudice that, she has suffered in the past, I think her objectiveness is slightly slanted. Chronlogicly, Embrey takes the reader on a journey of life, death, conflict and poverty. It appeals to anyone with a since of family. Emery's compelling stuggle of frustration, anger and sadness is felt by the reader from begining to end.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this essay was so the author could write a story about her younger brother so she could remember him and so that other people would know what her brother had to go through. I think we can trust the writer because this was a personal essay about her little brother, and it was something very special to her and a story that meant a lot. This means that the writer is trustworthy. This essay was a very well written essay. The essay had everything that was needed to make it interesting; it gave a background of not only the writer’s family but also of what was going on during that time. It also very emotional, the way the writer explained how her brother died really made me sad, there was a lot of imagery and I could imagine seeing the funeral. It was a very emotional and well written essay.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of the essay was to relfect on a time of the writer's life. She chose to write about her little brother, from the beginning of his life to the end. I think the writer can be trusted because she told of experiences that actually happened to her and her brother and it shows that her brother was an important person in her life. The writer used a lot of details with times and events and used dialogue from the events that happened. It makes the essay more personable and makes you feel a small amount of what she felt during her life.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of "Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is to express the reader's memories of her younger brother's life and her reflection of his impact in her own life. I do believe that you can trust the writer, Embrey, because the essay is mainly a reflection of her remembrance of real events and real people in her life. This story works because the reader is easily pulled into the story through the use of descriptive paragraphs, interesting dialogue, and a small amount of suspense that comes with the effect of time throughout the essay. It appeals to the reader because it is a true account of Embrey's younger brother and I believe her connection with him in some ways can be relatable. The emotions Embrey transfers to the writer are very palpable because of her use of visuals and tone that allow the reader to grasp the struggles in her brother's life, as well as her own, easily.
ReplyDeleteThe reflection "Some Lines for a Younger Brother's" purpose is to recolect on the life that her brother lived and about her past with him. It's almost like a dedication of his life, discribing the hardships and troubles that he had to go through throughout his life. I trust Sue Kunitomi Embrey because it is of her memories as a child. It's about her brother and what happened when they were little. This is her story to tell about her and her brothers life.
ReplyDeleteThe essay uses dialogue along with details about what happened throughout the reflection. The dialogue helps the story because it makes the story more personable for the reader. It shows the reader emotions that she and her brother were going through. The details helps make the scenes more complete. Embrey uses time very well throughout the story as well. The time going by helps the reader keep up with the story and shows how Tet's got older and matured.
The purpose of this essay is to show the relationship between her and her brother "Tets" Embrey expresses her memories in an important time in her life during World War Two. Embrey can be trusted because this her own memories and events in her life especially with her brother. This story works because the reader can relate to any struggle in their life and the time Embrey puts in to this essay makes it work smoothly. It appeals to the reader because its a true story about people in her life. The emotions trasfered are sadness. All the events that have happened show and not tell what actually happened.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this essay is to reflect on the life of the writers younger brother. You can trust the writer because this is a reflective essay which means it is a memory that they are sharing with the readers. This story works because everyone has a memory about struggle and pain. Which makes this story very easy to relate to. Since the story shows the painful and sad emotions of the writer, we as reader are naturally drawn towards the story. People like drama and hearing sad stories.
ReplyDelete"Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is a reflection that Sue Kunitomi has on her brother Tets. Some of the purpose of this essay is to appeal to the emotion of the reader and tell the life of her brother in a shortened version. Kunitomi lets the reader know how she feels through the actions of the characters. Readers see what her family went through and in turn feel the same emotions she did.
ReplyDeleteKunitomi can be trusted in this passage because it is a reflection on her past. She is merely telling a story about her brother Tets.
The purpose of "Some Lines for a Younger Brother" is to show how Embrey remembered her youngest brother Tets. The purpose of this essay is to also make sure the audience knows that this story is real and actually happened to Embrey and her family. Embrey can be trusted because she is a spokeswoman and she is sharing memories that happened in her and her brother's life. Embrey uses the essence of time throughout the essay to express to the audience that all these memories and events occurred over a period of time and not just in one day and time also ties events together. Each event is described with great detail and allows the audience to understand what actually happened. By showing emotion, the audience is able to relate to the essay. Details of loss were described when Embrey and her family were evacuated into inland camps and had to give up so much. Emotions of distance between Embrey and Tets is shared when Embrey says, "Tets was left with his aging mother". The audience is also able to understand emotions of sorrow and irony when at Manzanar Cemetery there were hundreds of people and grey clouds covering the sky on the same day that all the people gathered at the cemetery.
ReplyDeleteThe reflective essay, “Some Lines for a Younger Brother” by Sue Kunitomi Embry reflects upon the life and death of her younger brother, Tets. Because the writer uses firsthand accounts throughout the story, the reader can conclude that Embry is a trustworthy writer. Embry uses the dialogue between her and Tets to further develop the characters and to convey deep personal emotions. Throughout the essay, the reader can fell Embry’s fear, sadness, hopelessness and affections for her beloved brother.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of the essay “Some Lines for a Younger Brother” was to share a personal explanation of her younger brother. The writer is writing her own feelings and thoughts of the matter at hand. We can trust her retelling what happened to her brother to be accurate. The essay uses time to associate the reader with a sense of movement in the essay. It flows and appeals to the reader’s sense of emotion. It is written to make the reader empathic to the matter at hand. These emotions are love, compassion, and sorrow. Through these emotions, she also uses imagery well when describing things that happened to her brother and the torment he went through.
ReplyDelete"Some Lines for a Younger Brother.” Is a reflective essay where Mrs. Embrey tells us of her youngest brother. No we can not trust the write in this story because she is telling about what she remembers and she me not remember it all so clearly. We also can not trust the write in this story since she may not be telling the truth since she could be bias and try not to embarrass her brothers memory by telling use some of the bad things he did. The story works by giving use a time period then describing what her brother was like and what he did. This story transfers the emotion of sadness on you since you hear of all the stuff that occurred to her brother.
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