Just Walk On By

"Just Walk On By"

Answers to Purpose and Audience Questions

1) Thesis: "It was in the echo of that terrified woman's footfalls that I first began to know the      unwieldy inheritance I'd come into - the ability to alter public space in ugly ways. His thesis is implied.

2) The author uses a combination of both logic and emotion to relate to his readers. It is an appropriate strategy since the subject has affected him personally.

3) Staples readily assumes that his readers are fearful of black men, especially when walking down a dark corridor. He challenges these views by describing how such views affect him, which in turn show how unfair this misconception is.

4) His first sentence hooks in the audiences attention. It proved a successful ploy as it shocks the reader into attention and makes us want to read on.
 





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