Anaylisis Of Jennings

Contradiction is a problem that takes place early on in the first two paragraphs. She asserts that the members of Generation X “know nothing at all about… John Wayne, [and] Babe Ruth” who she thinks would be proper role models. In the very next sentence she says, “[the members of Generation X’s] favorite role models are the type of celebrities seen on MT

Although Jennings thinks that she has a valid argument, her statements are over-turned by her absurd supporting material based upon her highly biased opinions. Although she does damage to her logos and ethos, she does manage to save some pathos through her religious statements and simple organization. However this has not changed the fact that she fails to make a constructive argument.

V, ESPN, and the cover of People”. The contradiction happens here because we realize that ESPN is a sports magazine which has featured Babe Ruth many times and that People is a movie magazine and that John Wayne was a movie star. Not only does this contradiction hurt her logos but it also harms her ethos. Since she states that these two men are proper role models, then we can assume that they are also her role models, but neither of the two are viewed as pure and entirely good; it is quite the opposite. Babe Ruth was known to cheat on his wife and it ended their marriage, yet in the first paragraph she speaks bad about how Generation X is full of “broken homes”. John Wayne is also considered one of the worst actors by people currently in the field because he never has changed his character for any of his movies. Now the reader connects these attributes to Jennings’ self which hurts her ethos and logos early on. Since this happened Jennings will have to work even harder in the rest of her essay to make up for the mistakes made in these first two paragraphs (297).

One of the other few things about this essay is the simple organization. It is sectioned off into the five major points making it easy for readers to know what next to expect and also to review a section. If something is easily navigable they will find it more appealing and it will make it seem more professional. This organization boosts her ethos because it makes her seem smarter.

Jennings makes many assumptions throughout her essay, some can be considered true and others can be questioned. One assumption that she makes throughout the entire essay is that we are all concerned with Christian ideal especially that of the Catholics. She never actually comes out and says that she is Catholic, but when she says, “A current survey on American religion…fails to mention Catholicism” we can assume by her outrage that she i

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