Published March 12th, Donald Trump's Epic Neediness was written by Frank Bruni, a writer for the New York Times. In this opinion, Bruni claims that the reason Trump is so popular and hungry, is because of his obsessive need for adulation. Through his dark diction, and compare and contrast, Bruni successfully portrays Trump's reason as to why he is so loved, but also why he needs to be so loved.
Through using dark diction, Bruni sets up a worried mood throughout the article, making the reader feel intimated of Trump, yet also still feel as though Trump is a moron. Bruni uses phrases like "The primaries slog on. The general election looms." By using words like "slog" or "loom," he creates a sense of worry among the reader, as American politics become more of a game, than of running a country. Bruni then transitions into compare and contrast, "And Trump's campaign events have become increasingly unsettling affairs, by turns ludicrous and scary."
He then remarks on how at one campaign event, Trump screams into the microphone as he advertises his own products, yet at another in Chicago, the event was canceled due to violent protests. Trump seeks this adulation from one event to another, and the violent protests that are fueled by the words he says only make his neediness of being heard better.
American Politics has become a video game, of who can win the most points and make it to the farthest level (president). It is not about how you get there, or what you may to do get there, as long as you get there. Our system has gone so far off, that America's next president may be Donald Trump. Through using dark diction and compare and contrast, Bruni allows the reader to understand why Trump seeks to go to any limits to be liked, and why he has an epic neediness of adulation.
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