In this article about lattes, North uses straightforward, informative language. She directs her article towards the american middle-class, and encourages americans everywhere to reconsider the necessity of lattes. The author also uses many quotes from various sources, giving a supporting evidence for the article's thesis. These quotes include sections from books, articles, and professors. However, North's article is rather overwhelming, since it holds so much information. If the author had limited her information a little more, she might have made the point clearer and an easier read. In conclusion, North did a good job on writing the article, and backing up her position and evidence. I liked this article because its overall message is meant to encourage people all over the United States to take their eyes off the small consumer distractions, like a latte, and focus on the more important aspects of life.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
"If You Read This, You Might Never Drink a Latte Again"
Anna North informs americans in her article that lattes have been around for a long time, but they are a big waste of money. North implies that most people buy lattes as a way of showing other people that they are high-class, or just to post pictures on Instagram. Also, North states that the latte is used as a way of making people work better, or take a break from work; "the latte can tell us a lot about how America thinks about food, work and money." Therefore, North encourages americans to try to break their addiction to lattes, and save the money for more useful things that are now skyrocketing in price: the cost of housing, education, or health care. The author claims that the latte is nothing but a way of "creating cheap, high-calorie, low-nutrition food for working-class people.” Therefore it is not as valuable or necessary as it is advertised to be. Finally, North finishes the article with a question; "What is that except another way in which we’re stopped from really looking at what problems actually exist?”
In this article about lattes, North uses straightforward, informative language. She directs her article towards the american middle-class, and encourages americans everywhere to reconsider the necessity of lattes. The author also uses many quotes from various sources, giving a supporting evidence for the article's thesis. These quotes include sections from books, articles, and professors. However, North's article is rather overwhelming, since it holds so much information. If the author had limited her information a little more, she might have made the point clearer and an easier read. In conclusion, North did a good job on writing the article, and backing up her position and evidence. I liked this article because its overall message is meant to encourage people all over the United States to take their eyes off the small consumer distractions, like a latte, and focus on the more important aspects of life.
In this article about lattes, North uses straightforward, informative language. She directs her article towards the american middle-class, and encourages americans everywhere to reconsider the necessity of lattes. The author also uses many quotes from various sources, giving a supporting evidence for the article's thesis. These quotes include sections from books, articles, and professors. However, North's article is rather overwhelming, since it holds so much information. If the author had limited her information a little more, she might have made the point clearer and an easier read. In conclusion, North did a good job on writing the article, and backing up her position and evidence. I liked this article because its overall message is meant to encourage people all over the United States to take their eyes off the small consumer distractions, like a latte, and focus on the more important aspects of life.
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