Fatalist Attraction Review

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             Virginia Postrel uses a concept called "functional immaturity" to help persuade .
             her readers, as well. She claims that we are moving to fast for our own development and .
             she states this "functional immaturity" as if it is a light bulb in our own heads going off. .
             While reading its like a sense of enlightenment moves over and empowers the reader. Its .
             as if she makes the reader feel he is being let in on a secret ancient proverb, which is great .
             for persuasion. She shows her view on this from a quote by Leon Kass, which states, .
             "That's one of the big problems of the contemporary scene. You've got all kinds of people .
             who make a living and support themselves, but who psychologically are not grown up. .
             We have a culture of functional immaturity. ". This powerful statement had a great .
             emotional affect. .
             Along with these examples she used a key point to a great persuasive essay which .
             is the analogy, or relating story. From the introduction she tells of a friend who died of a .
             disease that is now curable while at the same time starting to develop her central theme. .
             In the essay, she reflects on sad stories of quote, "ordinary people, with yearnings as old .
             as humanity -- for children, for health, for a long and healthy life" (Fatalist Attraction .
             934). She relates it until the very end to how people just want to be happy, and how she .
             doesn't think we really know how to be happy. This search for happiness relates back to .
             her statement of functional immaturity, which I feel has great weight when writing a .
             persuasive paper. .
             Along with her emotional and personal credibility she has great references to other .
             credible people which supports her essay with good reasoning. Such statements are .
             from notable figures such as John Gray, George Annas, and Pat Buchanan. She uses .
             these figure's opinions to support her own which helps to exhort her own thoughts. .
             Another supportive detail she uses would be the effective way she cites and credits her .