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    The War of the Worlds book by H.G. Wells is a book about aliens from Mars taking over Earth. The format is a novel that uses very descriptive words almost showing how the aliens are shooting from outer space and invading homes as they kill innocent humans. The persona of the story was very fictional, and is meant to be sat down and enjoyed. The purpose of the structure change between the book and radio broadcast is to be different.

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    The War of the Worlds book by H.G. Wells is a book about aliens from Mars taking over Earth. The format is a novel that uses very descriptive words almost showing how the aliens are shooting from outer space and invading homes as they kill innocent humans. The persona of the story was very fictional, and is meant to be sat down and enjoyed. The purpose of the structure change between the book and radio broadcast is to be different.

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    DavisSaldana
    Mrs.Milarch
    English11
    26September2014
    4thhour

    RhetoricalAnalysisofTheWaroftheWorld's
    Rhetoricisfoundineverytext,thereisalwayspersona,audience,formatandthen
    purpose.Personaistheworldseverydayusage,isasocialroleoracharacterplayedbyan
    actor.AudienceisthegroupofpeopletheAuthorisaimingfor,andFormatisthewaythestory
    istold.Thepersonalformat,audienceandpurposeoftheWaroftheWorldsisverydifferent
    betweenthebookandtheradiobroadcast.
    TheWaroftheWorlds
    bookbyH.G.WellsisabookaboutaliensfromMarstakingover
    Earth.Thealiensneedhumanbloodtosurviveandtheyarearrivinginthethousands.The
    personaofthestorywasveryfictional,andismeanttobesatdownandtobeenjoyed.Thestory
    makesyouquestionthepossibilityoflifeondifferentplanets.Theformatisanovelthatuses
    verydescriptivewordsalmostshowinghowthealiensareshootingfromouterspaceand
    invadinghomesastheykillinnocenthumans.
    TheBroadcastproducedbyOrsonWellesin1937itwasplayedontheeasterncoastline
    allthewayfromMainetoSouthCarolina.Welleswastellingthestory,WaroftheWorldsover
    theairwhileaddingatwist.Thepersonasofthebroadcastwasalmosttoreal,therewascredible
    sourceslargeuniversitiesandwellknownprofessorsthatwe'rebeinginterviewedduringthe

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    broadcast.Theformatwasdifferent,itstartedoutwordforwordfromthebookthenwould
    jumparoundfromweatherupdatestolivefeedfromthesocalledinvasionthatwashappening.
    Lastly,purposeofthestructurechangebetweenthebookandtheradiobroadcastwasto
    bedifferent.OrsonWelleswantedthebroadcasttodosomethingthathasneverbeendoneand
    hedid.Theaudiencewasimpactedgreatlybecausetheythoughttheywerelisteningtothebook
    untilrandominterruptionsmeperiodicsilenceswerehappening.Theaudiencedidnotknow
    whatwasgoing,theradiowastheonlycommunicationdeviceatthetimesotheycouldnot
    verifyiftheinvasionwasrealornot.Thisbroadcasttoyedwithpeople'semotionsandthere
    trusttotheradio.
    Theformat,personaandpurposeofthebookandradiobroadcastofWaroftheWorlds
    aredifferent.Thebookisfictionisjustforentertainmentwhilethebroadcastwasveryserious
    puttingcitizensinpanicthinkingalienswerereallycomingtoEarth.Theaudienceforthebook
    andradiobroadcastwastargetingpeoplewholikeactionandsciencefictionaltext.Butthe
    broadcastscaredmorepeoplethanitentertained.

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    WorksCited
    "'WarOfTheWorlds'RadioBroadcastTurns75:ListenToOrsonWelles'Famous
    Hoax."
    InternationalBusinessTimes
    .N.p.,n.d.Web.25Sept.2014.
    Wells,H.G.,andPatrickParrinder.
    TheWaroftheWorld's
    .London,England:Penguin,
    2005.Print

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