Sides Of The Argument example essay topic

Linda Bowles, author of "Big Brother's Two-Minute Hate", speaks out against the government's scheme-like plan to control and exploit the tobacco companies. Bowles alludes to 1984, by George Orwell, as a comparison of the government's method of mind-control. Both the method found in 1984, and the method used by the government in "Big Brother's Two-Minute Hate", try to manifest a problem, then attempt to intervene and help, ultimately ending as heroes in the eyes of the citizens. Bowles shows her biased side of the argument by making the government sound like it was trying to brainwash the people, and exploit the innocent tobacco companies. Bowles did a poor job of representing both sides of the argument, leaving inadequate information on which the reader could base its decision. I feel that this was a poorly written, unsupported, and biased essay that leaves me wondering what the main argument was.

I still can not conclude whether the argument was about the corrupt government's scheme of mind control, or determining a solution to the current tobacco crisis. I assume that the argument is about the current tobacco crisis, but it seems as if the information leads me to believe that it is about the corrupt government. Bowles states that "What we see is a scheme by the government autocrats to take over a private industry, plunder its wealth, raise taxes-and look like heroes in the process" (10). This statement does indeed imply the fact that the government is corrupt, but there Thompson 2 are no actual facts or evidence behind it, thus leading me to believe that this essay is relatively unsupported.

Bowles shows no information supporting methods of assisting the current tobacco crisis, which is believed by me to be the topic of argument, nor does she show any other information supporting any points of argument. The information that Bowles did include is very hard to comprehend due to the way in which the essay is written. I found the essay rather is to read, but quite difficult to understand. The essay seemed rather unorganized to myself. The paragraphs did not lead up to one another, which interrupted the flow, leading to its difficulty in understanding. Paragraphs eleven through fourteen seem like they do not have a point.

I can not tell whether the author is being sarcastic or not. I believe that unless the paragraphs are re-phrased, they should not be included in the essay, because they hinder reading and comprehension. I believe Bowles to be rather biased in this essay. Bowles speaks badly about the government; therefore I believe that she sides with the tobacco companies.

Bowles never speaks positive of the government, which leads me to believe that the author does not take into account both sides during the argument. The only time that Bowles speaks negatively about the tobacco, she does it in a way that sounds sarcastic to me; therefore I can not come to a conclusion about whether or not the criticism is genuine. I conclude that this was a poorly written, unsupported, and biased essay that leaves me wondering what the main argument was. I believe that the writer does not really offer a lot of reasons or evidence to back her argument. I have tried to analyze the tone and language of the author, but I have failed to interpret any of them. I believe my Thompson 3 failure is due to the quality of the author's work.

I am not able to pick a side of this argument because I feel that I am misinformed on the topic. Analyzing this essay was very difficult for me. I can read it over and over, but the results remain the same.