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Journal 10
Critical Reading and Writing (COMM3321)
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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In the article “Poverty not climate change,” author Alex Berezow put an argument that the deadliest problem faced by the world today is poverty not a climate change. Once goal of argument is to win popular support, so argument is inherently a public discussion (Lewis, 208, p. 330). The author positioned his article with some soundly reasoned evidences. Such as, by stating that About 1 billion don't have electricity, which means not only do they spend a considerable amount of time in the dark, but they also lack adequate access to healthcare and the modern digital economy (Berezow, 2018, para 4). Also, by giving proof from the world Health organization statistic, every single year, about 5 million children under the age of 5 die, more than half of whom could have been saved with "simple, affordable inventions.” (Berezow, 2018, para 5).
Berezow based his article on social change seeking to change beliefs and behavior. He supported his argument with various reasoned evidences, which is considered as one of the strengths. However, his article lacks disagreement. Which means he didn’t put an argument why poverty is the deadliest problem as compare to climate change. An argument is a kind of intellectual conflict where people disagree about what’s true or right (Lewis, 2008, p. 330). Throughout his article he excluded the disagreement part towards climate change. He focused his entire article in perusing people that poverty is the deadliest problem.
In another article, Jeff Lewis put down an argument that the single-use plastics ban poses challenges for Canada’s fossil fuel sector. He supported his article with a public opinion on both sides of the argument. Such as, Environmental groups applauded Canada’s proposed ban on single-use items, as well as the pledge to make companies that manufacture plastic products or sell items with plastic packaging pay for collection and recycling of their waste (Lewis, 2019, para. 13). Contrarily, The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, whose members include Imperial Oil Ltd., Inter Pipeline Ltd. and the Canadian arm of Dow Chemical, said it does not support bans of any kind (Lewis, 2019, para. 12).
Where Lewis arguments were supported by both sides of opinions but at the same time it lacks in positioning his article with soundly reasoned evidences and proofs. He based his argument on deductive reasoning which means a process of applying known truths to real situations and reaching new conclusions (Lewis, 2008, p. 337).
References
Berezow, A. (201, February 27). Poverty, not climate change, remains world’s deadliest
problem. Retrieved from
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Lewis, J. (2019, June 10). Single-use plastics ban poses challenge for Canada’s fossil fuel
sector. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved
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Lewis, K. (2008). Word and World: A critical thinking reader. Toronto, ON: Nelson Education.
Journal 10
Course: Critical Reading and Writing (COMM3321)
University: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
