Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Argument with Logos
I found an article titled "Obesity Epidemic" on the CQ Researcher database. The article makes the argument that obesity is one of the biggest problems facing the American society. In order to back up his argument, the author, Alan Greenblatt, uses many statistics and graphs. One example of this is a graph labeled "Diet, Inactivity Cause Most Premature Deaths." It shows that more than 300,000 Americans die prematurely every year due to unhealthy eating and inactivity. The other types of deaths listed on the graph are tobacco, alchohol, microbial agents, toxic agents, firearms, sexual behavior, motor vehicles and drug use. The graph also shows that the number of deaths due to diet and inactivity equals five times more than the number of Americans killed by guns, HIV/AIDS and drug use combined. Illustrating these statstics in a graph helps readers see just how big of a problem obesity is in America and helps to prove Greenblatt's argument.
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I think obseity had become a large problem in the US and it is hard to disagree with all the data being published. A lot of arguments are published on the topic and they all show similar approaches with the graphs and statistics being used. Using that much logos is hard to disagree with.
I like this articule and use of logos. I think that it is so important that for the subject of obseity that they make it as factual as they can. Obseity is a real problem and the more affective the arguemnt the more the people will listen and agree.
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