Essays

I guess I will go ahead and analyze the vegetarian girl essay. This writer reminds me a lot of a girl I knew in middle school, because she had the same vegetarian beliefs. However, the girl I knew was a lot more forceful, a lot more intelligent of a writer, and didn't nessecarily care at all what people thought of her argument. The writer of this essay seems to be extremely passive, which isn't nessecarily a bad thing; except that she isn't really arguing- she's just talking. She gets her point across, but the whole letter just seems aimless. She's not aiming to change the beliefs of her friend; she makes that obvious- but what is she even writing the letter for? It seems like they already understand each other's beliefs; so it's not like they need to find any more common ground. I don't have a problem with vegetarians; and all of her reasons are very valid- but she's essentially not attempting to- and therefore failing to- make any sort of difference. I believe that if she were writing to a different audience, and writing just a slight bit more forcefully (without the whole "now i know you'll never actually change your opinion about anything"- I can't tell if she's trying to convince him not to hate her for her beliefs, or if shes challenging him to change them by saying he can't) then it would be a much more effective essay.