#1
I chose Paul Brown's "Swinging". I think the authors central claim or agruement was to reflect on the life that this young man had past, present, and future. He talked about how he had made it out of Fayetteville and that was an accomplishment by looking at the trends and lifestyles that his friends had. The author used a lot of visual components, images of the back country, gorge, mountains and the typical good ole' boy to describe the situation. Metaphors were also a large part of the text. There was no instances of rhyme, rhythm or alliteration. I think the visual components of the text added to the main idea that the main speaker in the story had left his hometown.
#2
In Paul Brown’s, “Swinging” it is noted that very often, the main character has mentioned his almost escape from the previous life he used to have. In many ways, he was grateful for his opportunity since his friends were basically a model for what his life would have been like if he hadn’t gone to college. I would think to argue in this paper that the main character of this short story was revisiting a part of his life that was very familiar to him since in a way, since he had been able to escape.