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Analysis Of Boys There: Sure If You Have Nothing To Hide By Karen Stabiner

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Reading Summary Evaluation #3
In Karen Stabiner's article "Boys Here, Girls There: Sure If Equality's the Goal," she uses a logical and emotional argument to convince her readers that single-sex schools can really be a good option in the educational system, and that they can also be very helpful and effective. Stabiner uses all three rhetorical strategies in her argument: pathos, ethos and logos to support her argument. On the other hand, in the Daniel J. Solove"s article "Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have Nothing To Hide," he argues that the problem of privacy affects more than just individuals hiding something wrong. Solove explains what privacy is and the importance that privacy holds. Solove effectively uses all three rhetorical strategies …show more content…

Stabiner says, "The only students who could attend a single sex school where the wealthy ones who could afford private tuition..., we denied access to the almost 90% of American students who attend public schools" (326). Stabiner also adds research in her claim, by arguing that both girls and boys develop and process information differently from one another, and because of this, single-sex schools will help both genders in improving their education (328). Stabiner also includes counter arguments to the research she gives in order to show both sides of the argument, and this effectively supports her argument and persuades her readers into accepting her claim. From another perspective, Solove persuades his audience that the nothing to hide argument is a one-sided way of conceiving privacy. He also introduces two analogies using them to make logical conclusions in order to make a lasting impression on the audience. The first and analogy is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Orwells metaphor focuses on the harms of surveillance. The second analogy is Franz Kafka's, The Trial. This metaphor displays a different type of problem, which negatively alters the relationship that people have with their government (343). By introducing the two and analogies Solove effectively convinces his audience that the nothing to hide argument is wrong and his argument is more

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