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Tania Mora
ENC3315
Argumentative Writing
Professor Marinara
Fall 2014
The Waling !ea" as E#am$le for %airos An" Au"ien&e
%airos in 'ree m(tholog( )as the name the go" of o$$ortunit(* The &reate" or taen
o$$ortunit( at the right moment+ right $la&e+ an" right argument* ,t is the right au"ien&e )ith a
"esire or &uriosit( a-out )hat is -eing $resente"* ,t is the right stage to $resent the i"ea in+ the
stage &an -e a $la&e )ith a small grou$ of $eo$le )aiting to see or hear the right information in
or"er to satisf( their &uriosit( or e#$an" their i"eas* The %iros stage &an -e a small $la&e as )ell
as the )hole )orl"* %iros means the right moment for an a&tion to tae $la&e+ the right time for
an i"ea to -e $resente" an" mae an im$a&t* %airos is the moment for something to ha$$en that
is noti&ea-le an" maes a "ifferen&e some )a(+ someho)*To illustrate this &on&e$t+ , )ill use the
$ro"u&tion an" $resentation of the T*.* sho) The )aling "ea" )hi&h )ithout a "ou-t it )as
"one taing a"vantage of a %airos moment*
For instan&e+ these last "e&a"es+ the )orl" ha" gone through &hange in i"ea a-out the en"
of the )orl"* ,t seems lie ever( (ear something ne) &ame a-out telling us ho) an" )hen the
)orl" )as going to en"* Well from all these h($othesis an" false a&&ertions a-out the en" of the
)orl"+ the $eo$le has gro)n )ear( of i"eas an" theories of a total en"* ,nstea" $eo$le no) have
move to)ar" a more humanit( &hange en" of the )orl" than a total "estru&tion thing* /ears ago
movies an" sho)s fo&us on great natural "isasters+ $erha$s e#traterrestrial life or )ar* No)+
movies an" sho)s that sho) en"ing of )orl" i"eas+ have a ten"en&( to $ut as main the s$rea" of
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infetuous "iseases or &hemi&al virus that some ho) transform humans in "ea" lie $eo$le )ith
ten"en&ies of &anni-alism* This a-normalies are line" to the i"ea that the government ha" run
e#$eriments that someho) have gone )rong* This shifting of i"eas as to the reasons for the en"
of the )orl" or the en" of the )orl" as )e no) it )ere mention in 0eston1s arti&le
Unhinged: Kairos and the Invention of the Untimely. 0eston sa(s that 2"es$ite
their "ifferen&es+ )riters as "iverse as 3ames %inneav( 41567820029 an" Eri& Charles
White 4156:9 agree" that rhetori& fun&tions )ell )hen it is &on&erne" )ith a realit( that
shifts an" &hanges )ith time* ;e&ause all things are su-<e&t to "e&a( an" generation+ the
one thing that humans &an no) for sure is that given enough time+ nothing sta(s the
same* Environments+ relationshi$s+ situations+ our selves are in $er$etual flu#= it follo)s
that su&h &ontinual movement gives rise to a &hanging an" shifting realit( that
&onsistentl( re>uires intervention %airos is often &on&eive" as -est e#em$lifie" -( the
rhetor )ho gains a nuan&e" a$$re&iation of the shifting &ir&umstan&es that $er$etuall(
o&&ur+ is a-le to re&ogni?e )hat the moment &alls for+ an" &an "eliver a fitting res$onse to
that moment*
Asi"e from the &hange in -eliefs a-out the en" of the )orl"+ so&iet( in itself has gone a
transformation as to )hat the( -elief a-out humanit(* This is one of the elements that &reate
%airos for this sho)* For e#am$le the use of ?om-ies in the sho) ma( not ne&essaril( re$resent
the main "ange for humanit(* ,n the &ontrar( the main "anger for the $eo$le of the )orl" in a
&ase of a &risis )oul" -e the $eo$les rea&tion to it*
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