In “Meatless
Like Me,” by Taylor Clark, he wants to prove to the reader that vegetarians are
the same as any other person, and that they should not be judged for choosing
not to eat meat. He explains that he knows what people think about vegetarians,
and claims that they are not what everybody thinks they are. He is not judging people
for eating meat, he does not want to free every pet he sees, he just simply
does not choose to eat meat. In this essay, he uses a few personal anecdotes to
show how he has dealt with people judging him for being a vegetarian for a long
time. Clark also uses a lot of humor in his essay, which I think is to prove to
the reader that he is in fact a normal person.
In “Women and
the Rise of Raunch Culture,” by Ariel Levy, she wants the reader to understand
why she thinks that the “raunchy” way that women are looking and acting is not
empowering to women. She talks about the fact that her friends go to strip clubs
and talk about porn stars to act a little bit more like the men. Levy argues
that this is not at all empowering to women, rather it is a step back. She uses
her experiences of seeing women on television, and then on the street, with
minimal clothes as a personal story to further her argument, like Clark did in
his essay.
I think
that both Clark and Levy do a good job in getting their arguments across to the
reader. In my opinion, it is very important to include small anecdotes from
your personal life in a persuasive essay. By doing this, you gain more credibility
for the subject because it proves that it is something you have thought about
and care about, rather than trying to prove something random. It is much easier
to side with and believe a person who strongly believes in what they are
saying, and both authors accomplished this in their essays. I like how Clark
uses humor in his essay, but overall, both are effective in getting their
argument across to the reader, and maybe even in causing the reader to side
with them.
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