The article, “Astonishing Numbers: America's Poor Still Live Better Than Most Of The Rest Of Humanity”, written by Forbes contributor, Tim Worstall in June of two thousand and thirteen, seeks to address how American’s do not acknowledge the depth of the unfortunate in other aspects of the world, and to illustrate their financial differences. Through research and concrete evidence Worstall presents numbers in a different light.
In this article, Worstall discusses the increasing inequality in the United States and presents what it really is like to be poor in America as opposed to being actually poor through three informative graphs that include interesting statistics. Each that represent and back up his belief. He briefly presents through …show more content…
For instance towards the beginning of his article he uses common phrases like in this sentence “And there might even be something worth worrying about in all of that too. But just as a short reality check…” (Worstall) to connect to his audience and show them that he is not an epidemic author who will compose sentences that are hard to comprehend. In his article, his arguments reach out and interact with the audience. “Take another look as well” (Worstall) using pathos can be an effective tool if it is not overdone especially if the topic is emotional which in this case primarily depends on the reader. The audience has emotions as well as intellect so Worstall must seek to engage the audience emotionally. At one point in the article Worstall says “I think we really might have to do some thinking about what is indeed the best system for the poor”(Worstall) taking a different approach to present his …show more content…
Which in this case is charts that represent the inequality in the world. One can notice that as Worstall was writing this article he thought that his audience would question his reasoning so he smacked three charts that provide concrete evidence to support his arguments into his article. This proof convinces the audience that his argument is logical. In one chart, it is seen that Americans poor (bottom 10%) is richer than the rich (top 10%) seven out of the eighteen countries chosen to be presented, including Mexico, Brazil, Russia, etc. That is thirty nine percent! What poor is defined in America is the definition of rich in other countries. In another chart that Worstall provided, one can notice that majority of American’s income resides in the high income portion of the graph compared to the other countries. Finally, in his third graph he proves that the entire United States is relatively rich that even the graphs representing the poor is richer than
In this article, Worstall discusses the increasing inequality in the United States and presents what it really is like to be poor in America as opposed to being actually poor through three informative graphs that include interesting statistics. Each that represent and back up his belief. He briefly presents through …show more content…
For instance towards the beginning of his article he uses common phrases like in this sentence “And there might even be something worth worrying about in all of that too. But just as a short reality check…” (Worstall) to connect to his audience and show them that he is not an epidemic author who will compose sentences that are hard to comprehend. In his article, his arguments reach out and interact with the audience. “Take another look as well” (Worstall) using pathos can be an effective tool if it is not overdone especially if the topic is emotional which in this case primarily depends on the reader. The audience has emotions as well as intellect so Worstall must seek to engage the audience emotionally. At one point in the article Worstall says “I think we really might have to do some thinking about what is indeed the best system for the poor”(Worstall) taking a different approach to present his …show more content…
Which in this case is charts that represent the inequality in the world. One can notice that as Worstall was writing this article he thought that his audience would question his reasoning so he smacked three charts that provide concrete evidence to support his arguments into his article. This proof convinces the audience that his argument is logical. In one chart, it is seen that Americans poor (bottom 10%) is richer than the rich (top 10%) seven out of the eighteen countries chosen to be presented, including Mexico, Brazil, Russia, etc. That is thirty nine percent! What poor is defined in America is the definition of rich in other countries. In another chart that Worstall provided, one can notice that majority of American’s income resides in the high income portion of the graph compared to the other countries. Finally, in his third graph he proves that the entire United States is relatively rich that even the graphs representing the poor is richer than