When I think of halloween as a boy in high school, the average things that really come to mind for costumes, are of course as an adolescent boy, girls with costumes that push moral and social acceptance, boys in banana costumes or a sports jersey with a headband, and then golden costumes. These golden costumes, are as the name implies, golden. To me, these have no definite criteria, no black or white definition as to what they are, they are just awesome costumes that always say something. Costumes that aren't necessarily the most showy, or attractive, but the ones that make you think at-least a little bit. Since this is suppose to be about rhetoric, I'd say that these golden costumes are the costume that best champion rhetoric. For instance, I would find someone dressed a burger with a sign that says "Stop childhood obesity" is much more funny and interesting than say, a scandalously clad girl dressed as a tele-tubby. The burger person's message is one of irony, and makes you thing, the judgement bringing tele-tubby girl's outfit is pretty direct in it's message, but lacks in any real meaning. So on this halloween, I'm going to dress like myself, and work on my analysis paper, which is ironic because on halloween you are suppose to have fun and dress up. Yes that is directed at you Ms. Prokott. That is directed at you. :(