People argue, it is human nature. People always argue to get what they want. In its basic form the word argument is exchanging opposite views back and forth. In Hamilton there are many song that are argumentative. For example there is a song called “Blow Us All Away,” in this song Hamilton’s son Philip argues with George Eacker and is challenged to a duel.
This week I personally used rhetoric to convince my parents to let me go by myself to get my haircut. After a long time of arguing and convincing I was able to drive to Garland to get my haircut.
In class we discussed deep questions about the musical Hamilton and began to delve deeper into the text/lyrics to understand why the author wrote what he did.
Work cited: Miranda, Lin-Manuel. “Hamilton: An American Musical.” Hamilton: The Revolution, edited by Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central Publishing, 2016, pp. 23-26.
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