In the book Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt compares two subjects by juxtaposition analysis. Juxtaposition analysis is the comparison of two seemingly unrelated subjects and shows how they are similar, like comparing apples and oranges. They are two very different fruits with different tastes and uses; however they both are considered fruit, and have seeds. Both need water and sunlight to grow, and both grow on a tree and can be grafted. Levitt and Dubner compare subjects that, under normal circumstances, wouldn’t be used in the same context; such as: sumo wrestlers and school teachers, crack gangs and Mcdonalds, or how a Klu Klux Klan member is like a real estate agent. The authors arrive at comparing each
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Two: these were mainly subpar students to begin with, few of whom got six consecutive right answers elsewhere on the test, making it all the more unlikely they would get right the same six hard questions.” (Levitt & Dubner, 29-30) In the Chicago Public School system began to embrace high stakes standardized testing in 1996; Under new policy a school with low reading scores potentially faced being shut down, with the staff facing dismissal or relocation.(Levitt & Dubner, 23) What this trend connection reveals, is given an incentive there is a small percentage who will cheat. Another Juxtaposition made by Levitt and Dubner is between the Klu Klux Klan and Real Estate agents, and how both use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda. Within the United States alone the Klu Klux Klan are considered, by definition, domestic terrorists, because of how they use violence to instill fear and manipulate the public. During the Civil war era the Klu Klux Klan was set up to discourage the black community in the U.S. from voting, or by coercing them into voting for a specific person of the Klansman's choice. The Klu Klux Klan soon became infamous for lynching, primarily black people or people they refused to tolerate; However from the years 1890 to 1919, lynchings had
Two: these were mainly subpar students to begin with, few of whom got six consecutive right answers elsewhere on the test, making it all the more unlikely they would get right the same six hard questions.” (Levitt & Dubner, 29-30) In the Chicago Public School system began to embrace high stakes standardized testing in 1996; Under new policy a school with low reading scores potentially faced being shut down, with the staff facing dismissal or relocation.(Levitt & Dubner, 23) What this trend connection reveals, is given an incentive there is a small percentage who will cheat. Another Juxtaposition made by Levitt and Dubner is between the Klu Klux Klan and Real Estate agents, and how both use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda. Within the United States alone the Klu Klux Klan are considered, by definition, domestic terrorists, because of how they use violence to instill fear and manipulate the public. During the Civil war era the Klu Klux Klan was set up to discourage the black community in the U.S. from voting, or by coercing them into voting for a specific person of the Klansman's choice. The Klu Klux Klan soon became infamous for lynching, primarily black people or people they refused to tolerate; However from the years 1890 to 1919, lynchings had