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Abortion analyisis. Donald Harris 3-14-08 MWF 1230-120 Ms. Jones The Rights
of The Non-Existant The articles “Focus on Stopping ...
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Donald Harris
3-14-08
MWF 1230-120
Ms. Jones
The Rights of The Non-Existant
The articles “Focus on Stopping Abortion This November” by Josh Godsey and “Why I am Pro-Choice” by Russ Belville bring forth an important and controversial in today’s society: Abortion. Abortion was made legal due to the Roe v. Wade case in 1973 but has been a heated debate ever since. In their articles Belville and Godsey keep this debate alive but using their own unique writing styles to persuade readers to their point of view.
Russ Belville writes for the Oregon Herald a traditionally liberal siding newspaper. Belville is a staunch liberal advocate who has been writing for over 20 years. He is a firm believer in women having complete control over there body and deciding whether or not to continue a pregnancy. On the other side of the argument is Josh Godsey. Godsey is a supporter of the pro-life opinion. He is a student at Amarillo College a conservative community college in Amarillo, Texas. In addition to being a student Godsey is a staff writer for The Ranger where he has displayed a conservative bend in his beliefs.
Both men in their articles are trying to persuade people in the middle of the debate to their side. However they are writing to a different crowd of people. Godsey is writing through a school newspaper so he is appealing to the young American college student. According to the Internet Writing journal, the average age of newspaper readers is 55 years old. This is a relatively old age, Belville is writing to an audience where emotion may not play as big of a role in his audience’s decision on the issue. It is obvious that both writers incorporate this information in their arguments because their writing styles greatly differ from eachother.
The pro-life argument and pro-choice argument have their own unique ways of persuading their audience. Pro-choice believers base their...
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