"Is Hunting Ethical" Cuasey

In "Is Hunting Ethical" Causey's opening narrative is effective in adding strength to her essay. It brings about how emotions can sway ones thinking. This sets the mold to her argument; that emotions shouldn't dictate the issue on either side of an argument. Whether thinking hunting is immoral or that you don't have a moral issue with hunting is not the way to effectively argue this issue. Causey breaks down each side of the issue and how emotions or lack of emotions plays into each argument. This is how she moves into the purpose of her essay and how she clarifies her argument to the reader.

"Response to Juliet Schor" Taylor

Taylor's "Response to Juliet Schor" brings some good ideas past what Juliet Schor states. I like how she thinks past just saying "what we are doing is bad". She really agrees with the ideals Schor puts out there. I think in agreeing, Taylor feels she needs to respond to Schor. I feel Taylor is patient in conveying her thoughts. She moves through Schors' ideas one by one and kind of praises each one as a good thought. She quotes Schor in "pointing to the other hidden costs of excessive consumerism", and she agrees and goes through in saying "we use twice as much energy and generate more than twice as much garbage as the average European". Taylor typically moves through this essay in this fashion.

"Entightlement Education" Bruno

In Bruno's "Entitlement Education" i found it interesting how he differentiated between the levels of crisis in today's educational system. I hadn't realized that you really have to apply yourself in your studies (especially in higher education), if you want to "develop better habits of the mind". Bruno's main idea is that with an easy-go education system, students of all levels of learning are cheated. More so the students that are content to coast by. He states the learning gap that was there between students, widens even more as students progress through their education. I don't feel this is such a tragedy. Higher education is a privilege that people shouldn't feel they can "coast" through.

"Beware of Drug Sales" Cherry

In Cherry's "Beware of Drug Sales", she draws my attention to the point of her essay by giving examples of marketing techniques adopted by drug companies. She tells us these methods are used to help boost profits at the patients expse. She uses statistics to further her point and explains how her evidence can be applied to the everyday consumer. She states,"People are spending their hard-earned money on medicine they don't even need...", is backed by the notion that,"consumers around the globe are taking medicine for the disease called life". The facts and evidence she points out, I personally find appalling and will have to scrutinize for more subtleties in the next ad i see.

"Cruelty, Civility and the other Weighty Matters" Paulin

In Paulin's "Cruelty, Civility and other Weighty Matters", she refers to "overweight" people as "fat". I think she does this by implying that if, in society's eye, if you aren't thin, you are fat. Its one or the other. As people we don't allow ourselves much leeway when it comes to judging people on their appearance. The word "fat" really disgusts Paulin. She had developed a bad connotation to that word. She feels that people are cultured into feeling that they need to be thin to be successful and happy. She even exemplifies this in an ad she saw for Slim Fast. A women had been quoted in saying "she felt ugly when she had gained some weight during her pregnancy", but after the birth (with a kid playing in the background), she states "Slim Fast is the best thing that ever happened to me". Wouldn't you think her new child would be before that?

"Crimes Against Humanity", Churchill

I am offering an analytical perspective on Churchill's "Crimes Against Humanity". I think Churchill definitely shows his anger and frustration about how he feels Native Americans are perceived in a racist manner in popular culture. He explains this,"Given the historical relationship between Indians and Non-Indians during what has been called the 'conquest of America" and how Indians were systematically annihilated by U.S. policy. He also timeliness how and when this was done. When he broke down and said that if having teams like the Redskins,"...as a counterpart we need an NFL team called "niggers" to honor Afro-Americans..." showed how if we are all "just having fun", then lets broaden the hit list to include everyone.

Clough "Cartoons 'n Comics: Communication to the Quick"

In "Cartoons 'n Comics: Communication to the Quick", Joy Clough states comics are important because they"..entertain us, exercise our fantasy and reflect our wryly way of life.". I think comics should be taken seriously because they offer a window into humanity during the years they are published. I think Clough offers a chance to look at comics this way. She depicts the ways comics can point out the aspects of society that we often take seriously in main stream periodicals. She shows how social commentary can be shown in the form of a comic in order to "Educate and irritate, tickle and tease, inform and reform". I think this really develops her idea.