In America, There are many momuments and stautes that are, and always have been, essentialn to our country and it’s culture. Now imagine, for a moment, that one of our most prized momuments was torn down, and half of it was stolen by another country. This is exactly what happened in Greece in 1687. In 2009, Christopher Hitchens wrote an article called “The Lovely Stones” to speak out and persuade his audience as to why they should have the Parthenon’s piece returned.
The first stylistic element he used was word choice. In one example, Hitchens stated:”But there is one desecration and dilapidation that can at least be partially undone.” Providing this statement in the context, he is emphasizing how devastating it was, and is, to the people
