Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Look at That Chassis
The author of, "Looking at Women", uses cause and effect to effectively explain to the readers why men look at women. So he tells us about the girl that his friend said had the nice "chassis" and then he explains to us how he began to understand why friend looked at women the way that he did. He went on throughout the explain what different things caused for him to examine the way men looked at women. He explain all these things but he ended just where he began; with the girl in the pink shorts. He used practical examples that all of his readers could relate to one way or another. He kept the readers attention by not drifting to deeply into any of his examples. He kept his essay interesting and didn't use to few or too many examples.
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I actually think that when you are talking about something complex it is better to use a lot of examples just to get the reader to make sure they know exactly what you're talking about.
ReplyDeleteBut for something as looking at women which ALL men do, I do agree that giving a few examples which are able to be related to is enough.
I agree with Rebecca that since the author is talking about something so general - the way men look at woman - there is no need to go into great detail. But what I noticed is that he still does.
ReplyDeleteFor example, when he explains the way men gaze at the nude woman in the magazines and posters his college buddies have.
To prove his point, the author does not just say that this is something men do but he actually explains the way he feels when he does this. He tells us that he always thinks of the story behind the woman in the picture and how conflicted he is when trying to decide whether or not to look. Him doing helps prove his argument because we get to see his feelings and his inner conflict.