Dharun Ravi Case

It is very interesting to read how two important articles have different ideas, opinions, and information about the Dharun Ravi case. The Merciful End of the Trial of Dharun Ravi article was written by Emily Bazelon an American journalist and staff writer for the New York Times Magazine. On the other hand, Steven Goldstein a civil rights activist, professor, and the founder of Garden State Equality, wrote Dharun Ravi is Sentenced. Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, and was a former student at Rutgers University. His parents described him as responsible, caring, and wonderful person. But in 2010 Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Glenn Berman for spying on his freshman roommate Tyler Clementi. He was also sentenced to three years of probation, ordered to complete three hundred hours of community service and attend counseling programs for cyber bullying and alternative lifestyles. Ravi was also convicted of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, and witness tampering. Both authors, Emely Bazelon and Steven …show more content…
Each author has his or her own opinions, strategies, and sources to support what they write. Also people can learn to compare and find which articles are better, or what writers demonstrate more knowledge about what they write. Emily Bazelon and Steven Goldstein’s articles were good, because readers could see which of them was more effective, reliable, and professional. Both authors had different opinions and information about Dharun case, and as a reader, you can see that Bazelon used more warrants to support her article, than Goldstein. One of them was more effective in explaining what happened with Tyler Clementi and Ravi Dharun, and the other just stated his opinion and tried to give support to a community. In the end the case affected many people, and it was really sad to know how two young men end their