We Love Them. We hate Them. We Take Them Exploring Ideas #2 ch 2

There are many reasons Americans take pills. For one, pills are simple. They are perfectly packaged in a small tablet that isn't messy. All the solutions to the problem are in a small pill, so that people don't have to really consider the solution to their problem. Secondly, they appear to be a quick fix. Americans are impatient and want to see results immediately. Thirdly, drugs are highly advertised and are highly promoted in our society. Doctors and Drug companies push their products and money is behind much of it.

We Love Them. We hate Them. We Take Them Writing Strategies #1 ch 2

Zugers opening strategy is important to the rest of his essay because he is illustrating how inseparable drugs are from the doctor. Zuger believes that doctors rely to heavily on pills to solve their problems and don't have a real understanding of the situation.

The Simpsons Writing Strategies #1 chapter 8

Benlow begins his essay by setting up the Simpsons as being a sitcom entirely on its own level. He believes that the Simpsons actually addresses important issues, usually by making fun of them. Benlow gives examples from certain episodes to prove his point. When concluding his essay he says that the Simpsons is more real to life than any of his viewers suspect. That in fact is the irony of it. In the Simposns they are unaware of the corrupt society they live in as we are in our American society.

The Simpsons Exploring Ideas #3 chapter 8

In this statement by Benlow that says we are " drawn and colored by the ridiculous institutions that constitute our society", he means that we are programmed by our society so that we don't think about the corrupt institutions that surround us. We laugh at the Simpsons obvious portrayal of the corrupt governing institutions, oblivious to the the fact that it is going on around us in reality.

Great Books Education Writing Strategies #4 chapter 6

Crabtree uses several different types of evidence to prove his point. He first uses examples based on others personal experiences, such as his photographer friend. He uses statistics when he uses the example of the medical field. Throughout his whole essay Crabtree uses reasoning that shows the practicality of his claim.

Great Books Education Exploring Ideas #1 ch 6

Crabtree says that a great books education allows student to wrestle with those questions that have faced human beings throughout the ages. He believes that a great books education is not only practical, but it is superior to the new perspective that has been taken on education. The modern approach on education is going to college to be trained for a job. Crabtree points out however that there is no security of a steady job, however a great books education would prepare any person for flexibility in different jobs. More fundamentally, Crabtree believes that a great books education will train people to think wisely, which will in turn result in a moraland good people.

Is Hunting Ethical? Exploring Ideas 1

In her essay, Causey is tying to make it known to her readers that the mindset of hunters needs to change. She does not think that hunting is necessarily wrong, but she thinks that some hunters kill animals without being reverent of the life they are taking. Her solution is that hunters must act ethically and think ethically. By acting ethically she thinks that hunters should not brag about their catch, refrain from calling it a sport and not boast of their catch by placing them up as "hood ornaments." By thinking ethically Causey believes that hunters should ask themselves what would honor and reverence life. Causey believes that the wrong sort of hunting is based on science and fact. She thinks this should be changed so that hunting is based on what is morally right. Only then will hunting be ethical.