Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
ENGL 213
Introduction
Summary
The essay called “The C Word in the hallways” written by Anna Quindlen
really points out a fact: In the last three decades, homicides and suicides
committed by teenagers have considerably increased. School shootings are
becoming a major problem in the United States for years. In the essay, the
author debates on the law and order concerning mental as a health care. This
fact raises a lot of questions about mental illness, teenage homicide and
suicide. She associates personal experience with mental problem. In many
high schools in United States, students have to pass through metal detectors
before getting in class. People think that building districts policies can
prevent children to do harm. Somehow, why student violence is becoming
more important today? What these people think in their head? Are they really
sick? Do we have to pay more attention to them in order to prevent student
violence? However, because of this important social problem, Anna Quindlen
wrote an essay to really highlight that those insurance providers, schools and
hospitals are responsible to mental illness among teenagers: “Insurance
providers should act like it. Hospitals and schools should act like it.”(Quindlen
346) She thinks that if teenagers have enough intervention and medication,
school shootings will not happen today.” And if only those things had
happened, Faith Kinkel, William Kinkel, Mikael Nickolauson, Ben Walker, and
Eddie Werner might allbe alive today”( Quindlen 346)
Assessment
The arguments presented by the author are quite accurate. She divided her
paragraphs very clearly. Her arguments are generally based on facts. Then,
she inserts her opinion in her article. By presenting her point of view about
the subject, which proves that she was alarmed about population’s attitude
toward mental illness. She blames school, insurance providers and hospitals
for the problems experienced by troubled teenagers. In brief, her article
appeals mostly emotional than rational. She uses a lot of questions to make
her readers think about the subject. Her tone used to persuade people is
consistent throughout the whole essay. Everything that she presented was to
convince readers to adopt her way of thinking.
Conclusion