Rhetorical Devices In The Box Man

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The Box Man

In The Box Man, Barbara Lazear Ascher compares the life of a homeless man (the Box Man) to two other individuals. In doing so, she reveals a fundamental truth about the nature of isolation and loneliness. The Box Man is an individual who chooses to live a life of relative isolation, collecting boxes. However, the other two individuals he is compared to have no choice but to live in isolation. The difference is that the Box Man’s life is full of activity and meaning, while the others’ lives are dull and plain. The Box Man is happy and satisfied with his life. In stark contrast, the women he is compared to have a paralyzing void in their lives, a result of their loneliness. In paragraph 19, Ascher describes how the Box Man “knows …show more content…
In stage one, it appears that Ephron is using e-mail for the very first time. She is very excited about using this new technology, perceiving it as a form of letter writing. In stage two, Ephron begins to fully comprehend all the advantages and the wonder of e-mail. She initially associated e-mail writing with letter writing in stage one, but then realizes that it is something completely different and unique in stage two. She describes how convenient it is, and how she can keep in touch with others without the awkward parts that entail a phone conversation. In stage three, she becomes confused as she receives spam and advertising in addition to experiencing many of the frustrating parts of using email. In stage four, Ephron starts to become overwhelmed by and disenchanted with using e-mail. She receives tremendous amounts of email and doesn’t know how to handle all of them. In stage 5, Ephron tries to handle all the emails she receives with, to no avail. At this stage, it appears that Ephron has become completely fed up with email, and wants to be rid of that burden. In stage 6, she gives up on e-mail, and instead wants people to contact her “the old fashioned way,” through
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