Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs?
People write all sorts of pieces for very different reasons. The way people write these papers and the factors that they add to them, make them effective to their readers. I analyzed an essay written by Elizabeth Dwoskin titled “Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs”. This specific essay was written to inform its reader about the problem with finding non-foreign workers to do painstaking jobs in America. This essay is aimed at business owners and politically involved people. The authors use of ethos, non-bias organization, and vernacular diction are effective because it gives clear and understandable points about the problem. This particular article is about why Americans won’t take hard jobs even when they …show more content…
The author doesn’t take one side of the argument. She wants to inform about the issue, and how it can’t be solved by one specific thing. This is shown in the essay by worker Juan Castro. He states, “Why try and make Americans do this work when they clearly don’t want it? ‘They come one day, and don’t show up the next’” (Dwoskin 118). We can see one side of the issue that puts the blame in Americans for not taking these jobs. The other side of the issue puts the blame on the business owner. Alabama farm worker Jesse Durr and his fellow workers give us this point of view. They state, ““This ain't no easy work. If you need somebody to do this type of work, you gotta be payin’. If they was paying by the hour, motherf-s would work overtime, so you’d know what you’re working for” (Dwoskin 119). Dwoskin gives many examples from both sides and it shows she isn’t bias on either stance. This choice of organization broadens her readers because it will inform to both sides about what the given issues with this problem …show more content…
The author chooses to use this type diction because it is easily read and understood by any reader. This is shown through her whole essay, and we can see it in specific areas. It is imminent when she is introducing people, “34-year old Jesse Durr stands among the vines. An aspiring rapper from inner-city Birmingham, he wears big jeans and a do-rag to shield his head from the sun. He had lost his job preparing food at Apple-bees, and after spending a few months looking for work a friend told him about a Facebook posting for farm labor” (Dwoskin 119). It is obvious that she does not use overly complicated words in introducing the different workers. Another example would be when the author summarizes the business owner’s opinions. Dwoskin says, “McMillan acknowledges that even if some of these efforts are successful, they are unlikely to fill the labor void left by the immigrant’s disappearance. Some growers, he says, might have to go back to traditional mechanized row crops such as corn and soybeans” (Dwoskin 122). Both of these examples show that this essay doesn’t use complex or elevated words, and can clearly be understood by anyone. This choice of diction helps the author with her purpose to inform her readers because it broadens the audience that can read and understand the
People write all sorts of pieces for very different reasons. The way people write these papers and the factors that they add to them, make them effective to their readers. I analyzed an essay written by Elizabeth Dwoskin titled “Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs”. This specific essay was written to inform its reader about the problem with finding non-foreign workers to do painstaking jobs in America. This essay is aimed at business owners and politically involved people. The authors use of ethos, non-bias organization, and vernacular diction are effective because it gives clear and understandable points about the problem. This particular article is about why Americans won’t take hard jobs even when they …show more content…
The author doesn’t take one side of the argument. She wants to inform about the issue, and how it can’t be solved by one specific thing. This is shown in the essay by worker Juan Castro. He states, “Why try and make Americans do this work when they clearly don’t want it? ‘They come one day, and don’t show up the next’” (Dwoskin 118). We can see one side of the issue that puts the blame in Americans for not taking these jobs. The other side of the issue puts the blame on the business owner. Alabama farm worker Jesse Durr and his fellow workers give us this point of view. They state, ““This ain't no easy work. If you need somebody to do this type of work, you gotta be payin’. If they was paying by the hour, motherf-s would work overtime, so you’d know what you’re working for” (Dwoskin 119). Dwoskin gives many examples from both sides and it shows she isn’t bias on either stance. This choice of organization broadens her readers because it will inform to both sides about what the given issues with this problem …show more content…
The author chooses to use this type diction because it is easily read and understood by any reader. This is shown through her whole essay, and we can see it in specific areas. It is imminent when she is introducing people, “34-year old Jesse Durr stands among the vines. An aspiring rapper from inner-city Birmingham, he wears big jeans and a do-rag to shield his head from the sun. He had lost his job preparing food at Apple-bees, and after spending a few months looking for work a friend told him about a Facebook posting for farm labor” (Dwoskin 119). It is obvious that she does not use overly complicated words in introducing the different workers. Another example would be when the author summarizes the business owner’s opinions. Dwoskin says, “McMillan acknowledges that even if some of these efforts are successful, they are unlikely to fill the labor void left by the immigrant’s disappearance. Some growers, he says, might have to go back to traditional mechanized row crops such as corn and soybeans” (Dwoskin 122). Both of these examples show that this essay doesn’t use complex or elevated words, and can clearly be understood by anyone. This choice of diction helps the author with her purpose to inform her readers because it broadens the audience that can read and understand the