Techniques such as evidence and assumptions are used in this essay to persuade readers. However, though it is an engaging piece of work, it cannot persuade me to support his proposition. "Bring Back Flogging" was published on February 20, in 1997 in the Boston Globe. In this essay, Jeff Jacoby describes the weak points of today's criminal justice system, and claims that flogging should be our option because it is a much quicker, cheaper, educational and effective way than imprisonment. In his argument, Jacoby does furnish a good amount of evidence, yet he seems to choose many wrong proofs.
Critical Analysis on “The Missing Piece to the Gang-Violence Debate.” Dan Gardner’s publish, “The Missing Piece to the Gang-Violence Debate”, is strongly controversial in his position against increasing enforcement of drug laws, and boosting penalties for violators. He believes that you should actually limit enforcement and hardship of sentencing when it comes to drugs. Was his argument persuasive enough in the essay to actually influence his wishes into society? Personally, I don’t think so. Gardner’s ideas are too drastic and I believe he didn’t have enough support in his argument that his plans would actually decrease the murders in gang violence.
Angela DiGioia Geography Professor Lucibello 9 April 2013 Guns, Germs, and Steel: Jared Diamond’s “Big Ideas” to Explain Underdevelopment In Jared Diamond’s, Guns, Germs, and Steel, he attempts to explain the factors that contribute to the underdevelopment of certain continents and regions other than the theory of superiority that he strongly rejects. “The explanation based on race is absurd,” Diamond states in the film. The issue of believing that people in underdeveloped countries are simply “not as smart” has no supporting evidence to it. Jared Diamond actually suggests that people in those underdeveloped areas may actually be smarter because they simply have to be in order to survive in their conditions and circumstances. In an interview with PBS, Diamond states that two of the largest factors contributing to the explanation of what the sources of underdeveloped and inequality in the contemporary world are the differences in availability of wild plants and animals suitable for domestication, and the difference in the shapes or orientations of continents.
Instead, Romney used his time to rebuke Obama and did not express his position as much. “Why am I lowering taxes on the middle-class? Because under the last four years, they've been buried,” Romney said. Even though, Romney tried to overcome Obama; Obama fought back better than the last presidential debate. When Romney attacked Obama for hindering the use of coal, the President recalled an appearance of Romney as governor of Massachusetts, where he vowed to shut down a coal-fired power plant.
In Horowitz’s article he reflects strong rhetoric by catching the reader’s emotion and referring back to Fish’s argument, yet Horowitz is not as strong with the argument when he tries to keep the reader’s attention; he fails to define and focus on a specific audience, jumps from one topic to another, and frequently fails to prove all of his claims. When reading Horowitz’s article it is easy to determine that he is using strong pathos. For example he explains to his audience that some opponents of legislation in Colorado were fighting that his bill was creating affirmative action for conservative professors, but then goes on to express that they are not correct and that he is proposing a bill to forbid political hiring or firing” (Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz, and Walters 923). Horowitz could have helped himself or hurt himself by informing the reader that members of legislation disagree with his work. People often look at members of
In this particular case, Murray does a great job sharing personal experiences upon his argument of whether there should be more vocational schools and stop using a college degree as a requirement for jobs, but stands defenseless due to the omission of statistics where only one statistic stands to defend his position. In Anglesey’s article “How Can I Incorporate Evidence into My Paper” she states that “[one needs] the author’s expertise to solidify [their] claim” which Murray does not do successfully in his paper, which ultimately weakens the evidence Murray can provide to specify his opposition and argument. Moreover, the type of evidence Murray could have recognized to portray a logical standpoint would have been to include facts of pursing high educational degrees and comparing them to those individuals searching for jobs without an efficient education. Also, including data of how past and present years have on individuals with the qualifications of education end of pursing high paying jobs. Murray could have went in so many directions rather than just providing one fact and relying on the rest of his essay on personal
They are bitter because the author didn’t say what he was required to say. The author improvised the speech with his own ideas and talents, yet the Brotherhood considers it to be improper. The deviation from the Brotherhood’s intelligence or scientific approach is the main cause of the internal conflict. Perhaps, the author just wants to be free, saying whatever he feels to be right and careless about following a standard. “I could glimpse the possibility of being more than a member of a race.” (308) The author has devoted himself to the betterment of his people, either by going to college/ accepting the white way of life or speaking in front of other people.
THE IMPORTANCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY In his essay the “Net is a waste of time” the author William Gibson published in the New York Times magazines, strives to prove the ineffectiveness of the Net despite the fact that he believed “Most social change is technology-driven”. His point in general could be a valid one, but he decides not to provide the support his argument needs and uses unconvincing evidence. I am from Africa where the use of internet is one luxury that still not allows oneself. For those down there who do not know it use, it would be easier to agree with Gibson statement. But as a student, I see things different ways because the Net is a strong way to communicate, to inform people and for research purposes.
Body Paragraph 2 A. After analyzing Garrow’s article, one is led to believe that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s reason for cheating is because he wanted to become a political figure who would have extra power for obtaining a PhD. Due to the fact that his poor intellectual ability was an obstacle for him to obtain the title that he earned fairly, he went after them by any means necessary. B. Americans should stop giving this man all the credit they do because majority of his work was not even his. They should praise other people who actually did do good for america and did not need to recur to
This world has been divided into flotsam and jetsam with its each organ fighting with the other to prove Home Page » Miscellaneous A World Not Neatly Divided Submitted by dhavaljigar on March 12, 2012 Category: Miscellaneous Words: 1047 | Pages: 5 Views: 41 Report this Essay “Divided we fall, united we stand” it means a lot in todays era where politicians, scholars, cultural experts are busy in creating cultural diversities. Amartya Sen in his essay in New York times on November 23, 2001 is discussing the same idea. According to Sen the system of cultural division is problematic as cultural and civilization are not the only point in focus for separation. World civilizations are like a deep woven net whose separation is not possible. He gives example of cultural diversity of India and its emperors Akbar and Aurangzeb.