Wolf Tale

The story of "Living In A Landscape Of Fear" by Cristina Eisenberg is an article that consisted of a unique blend of intertextuality which ultimately influences the rhetorical situation. The author's introduction is intense and very descriptive of the events taking place. Setting up the initial scene with the suspense of a chase scene was essential to the readability of the story. Then the language and tone of the article shifts towards intertextuality in the sense that Eisenberg goes on a eloquent rant about the actual landscape by comparing it to paradise. Bazerman talks about intertextuality, and asserts that it's the way texts refer to other texts, but also the way they are dependent on a sea of ideas that have come out of other texts, past and present. This was apparent throughout the story during the references of the landscape and its relation to the territory of the wolves. These revelations provided perspective and a visual of the relevance and dominance of wolf presence. The flow of the story in it's entirety exemplified using text as an authority on which to base your argument and also using background, support and contrast. A rhetorical situation arises whenever a  writer sees a need to communicate with an audience in order to accomplish a goal. Eisenberg facilitated and tailored the communication for her audience by employing jumps between scenes. The rhetorical situation was established as the set of related factors whose interaction creates and influences a discourse. The rhetorical situation is the environment in which the discourse will exist and operate. In this case the detailed affection with the landscape of northwestern Montana was crucial. Constraints are all the other factors that surround the delivery of a discourse and can influence the way it is received by the audience. The tone was consistently sensitive considering the circumstances so the audience response was mutual. Constraints can also be positive assets working in the writer’s favor. Ironically these constraints are often considered negative liabilities working against the writer's case. In institutional situations a writer may even be sometimes considered as secondary audience members. An example of this conclusive accusation is as when a writer drafts their original document that is obviously intended for a primary audience. Regardless before being published, the article must first satisfy a boss who will be officially credited and responsible for the documented works. As a consequence of this interesting dynamic and transition, the writer and boss both are also a secondary audience with obligations to critique the draft. So of course exigence is the driving force in a rhetorical situation that makes the writer and editor initiate rhetorical practice as a means to communicate. It often appears in a piece as a problem that needs to be solved or some condition that needs to be changed or prevented from changing. This was discussed by mentioning the influx of wolves by an increased presence. Also the significant recollection of noticeable change in number and the behavior of the deer. The most interesting development of the story was the perception of interest in the hunt as apposed to fear.