Norris's Argument Analysis: I Don T Care

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In today’s society, people have different goals and purposes to purchase stuff. With the economic development, markets provide more and more choices to consumers. The product diversification separates consumers into different positions because of the price of product. According to the “I don’t care” article, Norris claims his opinion from different examples, such as the brand names, toothpaste and so on. He explains that consumers need to care about the products intrinsic instead of the vanity things, like brand names. In this article, “I don’t care” is like a slogan to symbolize Norris’s view and it shows his attitude of choosing products. He also uses persuasive sentences to convince audience that brands are not important. There is a quote can show his attitude: “Brands are marks that owners put on their property, often by painful means, and we are in perilous territory when our self image, and even our self worth, is founded on which brands and labels we can afford to purchase and display”. In my opinion, I have both agreements and disagreements …show more content…
Although consumers need to care the intrinsic of products, it does not means products with brands do not have a good quality. The author prefers products that can reach the initial needs, but sometimes the quality of products depends on the price. There is a quote in New York Times:...... This quote represents the brands are not only show the external values, but also show the good qualities and unique designs. This quotation inspire me to consider about luxury and those designers. From a business perspective, those fashion brands are not sell product, they are selling design and fashions. Price and sells volume are measurements of design and designers should get pay for that. Brands also symbolize the unique selling points and the quality should be one of it. The good quality is always depends on resources and the resources depends the price of

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