The Death of Wedding Vows
The black dove much like the black swan is the ugly side of the modern marriage. As people celebrate the decline of the traditional marriage, Mona Charen maintains an unwavering opinion that the ‘piece of paper’ actually matters (226). Throughout the article, it is emphasized that the traditional family is dying and that claiming that it’s just changing is a distraction from the real consequences of the changing societal norms. Charen loosely defines a traditional family as “a father working and a mother not working outside the home’’ and goes on to state that only twenty percent of families fit that model today. However it you extend that ideal to where the wife works part time and the husband full time you get the …show more content…
(About Mona Charen, Creators Syndicate Inc.)
In her piece Charen successfully compares the traditional family to the modern one. Pulling from surveys, other sources, and research pieces Charen is successfully able to argue her point that it is important that we as a society reiterate the importance of a legally binding marriage. Through her use of kairos, pathos, and logos Charen creates an effective argument to show her audience that the piece of paper matters. The traditional family is going out of style quickly, and untimely so. Kiros is the strongest rhetorical device used in Charens piece titled Modern Family?. The article written in February of 2014 is deeply rooted in a day and age of many marriages and what seems to be just as many divorces (Charen 224). Frequently discussed in society today is the role that women play in society, and weather we are equal to men. Ushering in a sensitive topic the article claims that “Surveys consistently find that women do much more housework than men, even in cohabiting relationships” (Charen 225). This directly deals with kiros in a way that touches both the present and in the
The black dove much like the black swan is the ugly side of the modern marriage. As people celebrate the decline of the traditional marriage, Mona Charen maintains an unwavering opinion that the ‘piece of paper’ actually matters (226). Throughout the article, it is emphasized that the traditional family is dying and that claiming that it’s just changing is a distraction from the real consequences of the changing societal norms. Charen loosely defines a traditional family as “a father working and a mother not working outside the home’’ and goes on to state that only twenty percent of families fit that model today. However it you extend that ideal to where the wife works part time and the husband full time you get the …show more content…
(About Mona Charen, Creators Syndicate Inc.)
In her piece Charen successfully compares the traditional family to the modern one. Pulling from surveys, other sources, and research pieces Charen is successfully able to argue her point that it is important that we as a society reiterate the importance of a legally binding marriage. Through her use of kairos, pathos, and logos Charen creates an effective argument to show her audience that the piece of paper matters. The traditional family is going out of style quickly, and untimely so. Kiros is the strongest rhetorical device used in Charens piece titled Modern Family?. The article written in February of 2014 is deeply rooted in a day and age of many marriages and what seems to be just as many divorces (Charen 224). Frequently discussed in society today is the role that women play in society, and weather we are equal to men. Ushering in a sensitive topic the article claims that “Surveys consistently find that women do much more housework than men, even in cohabiting relationships” (Charen 225). This directly deals with kiros in a way that touches both the present and in the