ght forward as it seems. It seems that he believes that individuals genetically are means to an end, but this is more of a metaphor for humanity, or that humanity is their own means to an end. Nietzsche use interesting syntax to evoke thought from his reader. His dependent clauses (in this excerpt, but not in others) relate back to the main clauses causing the reader to re-read the sentence or begin to formulate their own ideas (based upon what they just read). "Everything good…" relates perfectly to his previously mentioned view that the church and morality are forcing people to think and react in a certain way. He writes in a deductive, repetitious way that helps the reader to slowly understand what he is saying. He starts with a general statement "The most general formula…" which goes into his idea that the church and religion kills instinct and ends the piece with "Everything good is instinct…" which shows Nietzsche repeating his beginning formula [although there is one more sentence after this beginning with "Effort is an objection," the sentence is foreshadowing the next section about what people can do to retain their individuality). He uses repetition only to build emphasis that he sees the losing of instinct as the evil religion has done to humanity and that humanity without religion would be instinctual. Nietzsche also uses parallel structure, in the form of italics, to make his point ring clear. He believes himself to be the only ‘German with intelligence’ and proves himself with "My restored reason:…" which shows he is arrogant and self righteous. The fact that he was arrogant doesn’t do much to defer from his point, although it does add some irony to his words. Nietzsche uses antithesis as his basis for writing. He heavily contrasts any point he makes with the ‘flaws’ of Christianity. He makes points that refute the divinity of Christianity by pointing out "The Church an...
