Jill - Burke would say that the persuasion speech on eating disorders
(which I gave as an example for Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric), was an attempt
for me to purge my guilt, and that I gave that speech because I felt guilty
about my past actions in being involved in an eating disorder and for
having a sister who was also involved in one. Since I concentrated on
the media and its obsession with beauty and thinness, Burke would say
I was concentrating on the scene or situation and was therefore one who
believed I was a victim of outside forces. He would say I blamed society
for the flaws in my behavior. He would probably label the word "obsession"
as my devil term and the word "refocus" or the word "inner beauty" as
my god-term. He would say that I felt guilty for not having done better,
and that I needed to give this speech in order to relieve myself or at
least to express my negative emotions. He would say I chose the second
choice of victimization rather than self-blame.
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