Before I read this article, I was not looking forward to it. I thought that it was going to be extremely boring and I would not enjoy reading it. When I started to read it, my mind changed. I found the article pretty interesting. I enjoyed the topic that it was on which is why I decided to choose it. The article is called “Should We Put the Death Penalty on the Chopping Block?” The article was about the death penalty and why it should be eliminated in the United States. I read the article with an open mind. I am not sure exactly where I stand on the death penalty as of right now, but this article definitely caught my attention.
The author is trying to get his point across to the reader that the death penalty does not make any sense. He broke it up into seven questions about the death penalty and provided an answer with supporting evidence on how the death penalty was wrong. He tried to hit all of the main questions, ranging from moral and religious feelings on the issue, to the costs and time it takes for an execution to take place. The author used these common questions so that the reader can relate to it. He also did it in a respectful way without adding too much emotion which would come off as too extreme or too far to one side. I think this was done so that the reader can open up his or her mind to the issue instead of reading the article and refuting everything it says.
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