Blog Entry 15

Enrich describes cowboys as strong yet gentle. She also describes them as not being good communicators. Although some things seem negative toward cowboys, the overall tone that she has toward them is admirable. By using descriptive diction, Enrich enhances her point that the way that society has shaped the image of cowboys is not the way that they really are. Enrich starts her essay off with a description of a Marlboro add. She describes her longing for cowboys. But the Marlboro add shows a cowboy as tough, but she describes the ones she knows as gentle. Society has put the image on cowboys that they are bad at communicating and that it has become a bad thing, but she puts the tone that it is because they are alone in the hills and on the ranch for so long that it is more difficult for them to communicate. The use of stong diction allows Enrich to enhance her view on cowboys.