Saturday, September 22, 2012
DQ #4 week 5, Fallacies, Rob the poor.
The author uses some including Circular Reasoning at the top of the list. He states different stories that are fairly close to each other in circumstance. He explains situations where the poor are victimized by wealthy corporations and the government itself. These situations vary differently in locations and offenders, but the target always sounds the same and the author never gives any proof for his topics. This also falling into the fallacy of Begging the Question also on the top of the list. The author never cites a resource of his statements. This makes his article poor in execution. He keeps up his essay with many situations but fail to make a valid argument.
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The writer of this article did not do his/her research very well at all. I agree with your idea that it begs the question. Provided sources would have helped this writer tremendously. The simple fact that he/she made assumptions discredits her credibility. Proof and sources are what makes an argument valid and if none are provided and mistakes are made the validity of the argument is tarnished. The examples the writer provided were good ones but, again since no supporting evidence was provided one could easily find problems and disprove the argument. I found your analysis of the editorial very interesting and very valid.
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ReplyDeleteThe writer of this article could of done a better job on the photo and his/ her research on what their trying to get the point across. I don't get the point of the picture to this article and how it has anything to do with the point their trying to get across. I see how you came up with your analysis and I agree with it. I also don't get the point of trying to take from the poor because what do they really have to take. They needed to do a better job if they want to convince people of what their trying to sell.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that the author could have done a much better job. To me it seems that she went more off of her opinion than the facts. She included very little evidence and did not present the other sides argument at all. I agree that some of these things are wrong but she lacked evidence, provided very little statistics and did not structure her argument well. She should come harder and better next time. She stuck well with her thesis but lacked a lot. The photo used did not strike as interesting when i came across it, a much better one could have been chosen. It did nothing to prove the point that the writer was trying to make.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the author could have put forth a lot more effort and time in to his/her work. I would have suggested using a more "eye catching" photo in order to draw their audience in to the article. Another thing the author could have done is to provide substantial evidence to support their arguments, since this is what makes your argument worthwhile. I would have included opposing views in my article and explain why those opposing views do not make sense or are not valid.
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ReplyDeleteI am agreed that the author’s evidence is not complete. She has a good thesis and topic sentences; however, her evidence is weak to support her topic sentences and her thesis. For example when she mentions that “she recently found out about something “she does not mention what was her resource of new or research. In another example, she just throws the point that “Employers have found ways to enrich themselves off the poor” ,but she did not explain how this could happen in private sectors. Also I believe one of her fallacy is “Either …or” in this article because she argues that all the stuff that happen to poor people is other organization fault and this is their responsibility to fix it; however, this is any individual’s responsibility to be aware of his/her surrenders and does not let anybody abuse her/his financially. People need to be educated to stand for their personal rights.