In the Empire of Illusion, author Chris Hedges begins the flow of his work with a claim that relatively can’t be argued with. Beginning with the imagery of America having an imperfect past, which only further backed his repetitive claim that it remains imperfect even now. He used extensive wording to inherently argue that America is drunk on the delusion of it’s own perfection, greatness, and above all still stumbling stupidly with it’s grip on declaration of being the best country on earth. The reality of his wording is blatant factoids of basic American functions that haven’t been functioning for a long time. Nothing in the beginning of his avow is deliberately a slap in the face, but rather the use of common discretions America has chosen to acknowledge in concept but avoid in practice. As a reader, personally, it was hard to ignore the parallels drawn between Hedge’s argument and the opening scene to The Newsroom, where Jeff Daniels’ Will …show more content…
Humorously enough, though it designates an angering form of admittance, his wording and raw intel creates a cause for the opposer of his work to look less than on par with his easily validated rationalization of American providentals.
Throughout the snippet of his book reviewed he makes a repetitive use of the phrasing “[t]he country I live in(...)” and “[t]he America I knew(...)” Which coerces the reader to believe that the man’s words they’re briefing through hold a degree of sage weight to them. However, when it comes to the support he provides, his use of references intervenes with the flow of his argument. Furnishing his work with a block of text filled with an endless supply of names and their occupations, with the addition that only one of the names mentioned became a constant in the rest of the