Rhetorical Analysis Blog Post on "Wal-Martian Invasion"

I have chosen to write my Rhetorical Analysis on the 5-A article called “Wal-Martian Invasion,” because who wouldn’t want to analyze an article with such a clever name!  I was glad to see that the article lived up to the high expectations its title set. 

It is written to the whole world, but with an emphasis on Wal-Mart shoppers and associates.  It talks about how Wal-Mart, which started as such a harmless business, has handled matters poorly, such as employee payment, and how these improperly handled matters are becoming extremely serious as the company expands. 

It is written in such a clever way that I know of several things I can use to argue its effectiveness, yet I can do so without sounding like I’m just stating the obvious.  One example of its clever format is how it calls attention to Earthlings warning them of the Wal-Martians, who were harmless upon first landing, but now have become dangerous.  This both sets the audience as the whole world (because Wal-Mart seriously has become so big that it really is a world matter) and explains how Wal-Mart wasn’t dangerous at first, but has grown to the point where it is now. 

Another thing I love about the article is the disposition, they way in which the writer releases information slowly so as to keep up the reader/writer contract and keep the reader interested.  Examples of this include the first sentence, which talks about the problems that have been created without yet saying what created them.  These are just a few small examples of the neat tools that make this article effective, and I hope to use all the best ones to clearly present the credit this article deserves.