Viewpoints

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Rhetorical Table of Contents......Page 14
Preface......Page 19
PART 1 Viewpoints on Reading and Writing Essays......Page 22
CHAPTER 1 Viewpoints on Reading Essays......Page 23
The Structure of an Essay......Page 24
Understanding the Content......Page 39
Marking as You Read......Page 48
The Wet Drug......Page 49
CHAPTER 2 Viewpoints on Writing Essays......Page 57
Getting Started: Finding a Working Thesis (Stage 1)......Page 58
Getting It on Paper: Supporting Your Thesis (Stage 2)......Page 66
Getting It Right: Revising and Editing (Stage 3)......Page 84
On the Net......Page 98
PART 2 Readings Worth Thinking and Writing About......Page 100
CHAPTER 3 Viewpoints on Acquiring Knowledge......Page 101
Superman and Me......Page 103
To Err Is Wrong......Page 109
In Praise of the F Word......Page 118
Zero......Page 122
Your Kid’s Going to Pay for Cheating—Eventually......Page 129
Yes! Abstinence Is Working......Page 134
They’ll Abstain If They‘re Given Good Reasons......Page 140
STUDENT ESSAY: One Hundred Percent Half-Breed......Page 146
On the Net......Page 151
CHAPTER 4 Viewpoints on Human Behavior......Page 152
Call Me Crazy, But I Have to Be Myself......Page 154
Night Walker......Page 160
The Species Called Homo-Simpsons......Page 166
The Ballad of Lynndie England......Page 170
Lessons of Abu Ghraib......Page 178
“The Ghetto Made Me Do It”......Page 184
Seeking the Roots of Violence......Page 190
STUDENT ESSAY: My Private Prison......Page 196
On the Net......Page 199
CHAPTER 5 Viewpoints on Cultural Differences......Page 201
Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering......Page 204
It Could Happen Here......Page 211
The Great Divide......Page 216
Where I Come From Is Like This......Page 223
Forget the “Melting Pot”: Make Mine a Salad Bowl......Page 229
Cultural Baggage......Page 234
Fish Cheeks......Page 239
After Two Years in the Melting Pot......Page 242
STUDENT ESSAY: On Being White......Page 247
On the Net......Page 249
CHAPTER 6 Viewpoints on Social Concerns......Page 251
Your Mirror Image?......Page 9
Memories of a Sweet, Lethal, Smoke-Filled Home......Page 258
Shut Up About My Truck......Page 262
Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids......Page 266
Why We Need a Draft......Page 271
Gagging Protesters by the Manual......Page 275
Bottomless Drinking Ban on College Campuses......Page 279
Binge Drinking Is a Normal Impulse......Page 283
STUDENT ESSAY: Should I Believe in God?......Page 289
On the Net......Page 291
CHAPTER 7 Viewpoints on Family and Marital Relationships......Page 293
The Estrangement......Page 295
The Perfect Family......Page 300
A Worldwide Family......Page 305
Black Unlike Me......Page 310
Boys Mow Lawns, Girls Wash Dishes......Page 314
Speaking Out: Why Gay Marriage Would Be Harmful......Page 320
Who Cares If Gays Marry?......Page 326
STUDENT ESSAY: My Younger Sibling......Page 330
On the Net......Page 332
CHAPTER 8 Viewpoints on Work......Page 333
Women Still Fighting for Job Equality......Page 335
The Company Man......Page 340
Less Is More......Page 344
A Father’s Character, Not His Success, Shapes Kids’ Careers......Page 348
Two Cheers for Sweatshops......Page 354
How Outsourcing Can Benefit Your Business www.productivitytools.com......Page 360
Outsourcing Jobs Leaves the American White-Collar Worker Behind......Page 364
STUDENT ESSAY: “Oh, I’m Just a Housewife”......Page 368
On the Net......Page 370
CHAPTER 9 Viewpoints on the Media and Technology......Page 371
Calling the C-Word the C-Word......Page 374
The Issue Isn’t Sex, It’s Violence......Page 381
Making Them Squirm......Page 386
The Dumbing of America......Page 391
Society Is Dead: We Have Retreated into the iWorld......Page 398
Televising Humiliation......Page 402
The Future of the Web......Page 407
What the Internet Cannot Do......Page 415
STUDENT ESSAY: TV News: Journalism or Propaganda?......Page 421
On the Net......Page 424
CHAPTER 10 Viewpoints on Human Rights......Page 425
Opposing Viewpoints on Torture......Page 427
Justice......Page 428
Is Torture Ever Justified?......Page 432
Opposing Viewpoints on Guantánamo Prisoners Treatment......Page 439
Verses of Suffering......Page 440
Pols: Gitmo Conditions Have Improved......Page 447
Opposing Viewpoints on the Death Penalty......Page 451
Death and Justice......Page 452
Casting the First Stone......Page 459
On the Net......Page 466
Appendix......Page 468
Acknowledgments......Page 474
Index......Page 478