Friday, February 7, 2014

The Very Possible Rally for Greatness

I chose the article "AIDs and India." It talks about the issue of aids in India and the present and future negative impacts it is making. The author is trying to do two things: raise concern about AIDs and get people involved in helping fight the spread and growth of the disease. I personally feel that she does a great job.
This is my favorite aspect of the article. Unlike most articles that talk on this subject, it actually gives the reader hope. Hope that there is a cure. Instead of just reiterating what we already know that AIDS is harmful, it tells us about what people are doing to help prevent it. Then he tells us what we can do. And not in impossible measures like donating thousands of dollars, but in very reachable ways. I think this works great, because a lot of the times I think people are easily persuaded into caring about a certain issue, but when it comes to acting on it, they get scared or intimidated and back out. This article does nothing of the sort.
The author also includes a great personal story from a person you wouldn't normally expect to be active in this issue, and that does a great job reaching the pathos of the reader.
Statistics also, play a key role in raising the concern about this issue, but not in an overbearing way that makes the reader set the book down out of pure boredom of confusion.
Great article with lots to pull from!

5 comments:

  1. This article is awesome! I definitely think it's a good thing to talk about and to be able to analyze.

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  2. Nicely said! I love how you write! It is just so engaging! I've never realized that other articles are filled with dread, i see that now.

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  3. I love it when authors provide a solution for the problems they address. It makes their claim so much more persuasive.

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  4. Props for writing your RA on this topic! It's crazy to think about how much of an impact AIDS truly has in the lives of millions throughout the world. I also really appreciated the way you worded this blog post. Very well done

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  5. Interesting article and subject matter. Good luck with the RA.

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