Jeffrey Rosen’s oddly titled essay, “The Naked Crowd”, actively attempts to prove that the concept and actions society has adopted are ruining our identities and compromising our privacy. The idea Rosen busily disapproves of across the text is that Americans prefer openness rather than privacy. Rosen yearns to remove this logic from people. He explains how their mentality plus the latest technology at their hands, causes an unacceptable consequence. For exposing ourselves to feel accepted and different will only end up making us “more like each other” (Rosenwasser 487). Through the use of enlightened vocabulary, credible cases, emotional happenings, descriptive clarifications, and a mostly neutral approach the author pieces together a reasonable and riveting paper.
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The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. His first two words are, “After 9/11” (Rosenwasser 476). He doesn’t jump into the details of the event, assuming the reader is familiar with the occurrence. He starts off like this in order to grab the attention of his intended audience. 9/11 is a significant part of American History and countless readers are attracted to the topic immediately. This is a great way to pull anyone’s attention into the article even thought the text is not entirely focused on the event. Apart from grabbing the public’s mind, beginning like this evokes deep emotions in the reader. Whether the emotions induced are saddening, enraging, or fearful, it alters the current state of mind of the reader and has them drawn into the text. To keep the feelings flowing, Rosen talks about the New York Times’ Portraits of Grief and how they failed to do what they hoped. He does this to keep the reader hooked as he transitions to his actual subject
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. His first two words are, “After 9/11” (Rosenwasser 476). He doesn’t jump into the details of the event, assuming the reader is familiar with the occurrence. He starts off like this in order to grab the attention of his intended audience. 9/11 is a significant part of American History and countless readers are attracted to the topic immediately. This is a great way to pull anyone’s attention into the article even thought the text is not entirely focused on the event. Apart from grabbing the public’s mind, beginning like this evokes deep emotions in the reader. Whether the emotions induced are saddening, enraging, or fearful, it alters the current state of mind of the reader and has them drawn into the text. To keep the feelings flowing, Rosen talks about the New York Times’ Portraits of Grief and how they failed to do what they hoped. He does this to keep the reader hooked as he transitions to his actual subject