Stephanie Pineda ENGL 1302-M04 Dr. Gonzalez 12 February 2017 Declining Interest in Literature Dana Gioia “Why Literature Matters” uses substantial amounts of reasoning to persuade his readers. Within his article, Dana explained his perspective by his usage of words, the research through various surveys and polls conducted at the time, and his clear, concise way of how Literature is diminishing caused by our young generation’s ignorance. Gioia uses a 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts to further back his claim and show how this population study proved that eight of the nine major forms that measured Americans loss of interest for reading literature. Within the same study, facts showed that the most severe decline was among younger adults. Gioia uses pathos to instill fear in the readers mind he stated, “The most worrisome finding in the 2002 study, however, is the declining percentage of Americans, especially young adults, reading literature” (Gioia par.2). Gioia continues to give explanation of how decline in reading literature is starting to become a common occurrence in life this day of age. Many individuals …show more content…
Technology has made it possible for an individual to access his needs and wants with a single click of a computer or swipe of a phone. This has influenced society to no longer be the individuals we once were before the excessive advancements in technology. Before the rapid advancement of technology people would read for information, attend sporting events, visit museums, and read books and newspapers to gather information and knowledge. Now within seconds any information that we need or want is available to us at our fingertips, crediting technology. This has been a reality check, it showed us how society has changed. Leaving actual literature reading in the past providing us with its declining numbers that have been repetitively throughout many studies