There eventually will come a time in every parent's life when their child will grow up. Sadly, that time is approaching more rapidly with every generation. In the essay, “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect”, author Stephanie Hanes goes into detail about how the pressures of society and the media is making little girls feel the need to mature at a quicker rate. She believes that modern movies, magazines, and the internet influence the young minds of little girls into thinking that they need to look and act in a certain way to be considered perfect. She supports her claim through the use of examples found by consulting with other parents who are going through the same changes with their daughters. Hanes effectively uses credible sources to provide statistics and interesting real life situations to state her viewpoints while still providing an unbiased argument.
The essay’s substance mainly consists of data and research related to how much of an impact social influences have on the minds of young girls. One example would be an alarming statistic given by a poll through the University of Central Florida …show more content…
This mode of persuasion can be called logos. In the book, everything's an argument; the various authors claim that some debates are apparent in their context while others, “first present reasons and lay out a case that leads you to accept a claim in conclusion” (Lunsford, Andrea A.et al. 99). Stephanie Hanes chose the writing method that is more complex and open-ended. She repeatedly presented both sides of every claim, while still trying to direct her readers in the pathway she wanted them to progress towards. Every point made was to engage the audience in using their reasoning and logic to understand exactly how that piece of evidence was tied the overall main
The essay’s substance mainly consists of data and research related to how much of an impact social influences have on the minds of young girls. One example would be an alarming statistic given by a poll through the University of Central Florida …show more content…
This mode of persuasion can be called logos. In the book, everything's an argument; the various authors claim that some debates are apparent in their context while others, “first present reasons and lay out a case that leads you to accept a claim in conclusion” (Lunsford, Andrea A.et al. 99). Stephanie Hanes chose the writing method that is more complex and open-ended. She repeatedly presented both sides of every claim, while still trying to direct her readers in the pathway she wanted them to progress towards. Every point made was to engage the audience in using their reasoning and logic to understand exactly how that piece of evidence was tied the overall main