crazy old people in my 2nd blog

The article written by David Frum “how we need to learn to say no to the elderly” from the first glance just seems like a guy ranting about how the elderly shouldn’t be allowed to drive. But as you dig deeper into what he is saying you realize the effects that the huge elderly population is bringing upon the young. Not only is this something that’s putting a damper on today’s economy but something that will continue to raise the cost of living as wages and employment fall (no problem if you enjoy living with mom and dad)

Emotion (pathos): “Cars swerved out of her way. Four drivers crashed, fortunately none of them fatally.” He talks of the incident of an elderly woman driving down the wrong side of the road in a way that almost seems as if he feels sorry for them. But after mentioning many such incidents that sorry feeling goes away and you see that there is a real problem.

Ethics (ethos): “If it’s uncaring for society to neglect the old, it’s outright suicidal to cannibalize the life chances of the rising generation.” Those who are against taking away from the elderly usually try to appeal to a morality that allowing the elderly to just survive on their own is cruel. But when both are suffering you have to ask which is more important to save, those near the end or those that will shape the future.

Setting: “Unemployed young people lose for years—sometimes forever—their chance to start families of their own and begin to live their lives. Across the continent” Although this setting might seem realer to some more than others it is becoming the reality for far too many. Those trying to enter the workforce are being slowed even completely stopped by the high cost of living.

Structure: Thought his article David Frum structures his article to cover many topics all leading to the same point. He goes from “Falling Behind” to “Generational Clash”, and ending with “The Future at Stake”. Although there were more those three best represent his main point each one making it stronger.

Repetition: David continues to mention the problems with taking away from the elderly and “With almost two thirds of both [elderly] groups opposing active government” no politician would suggest such a thing. Statistics show that most votes are in the elderly category or will be soon. Suggesting something that would take away from the elderly would cost someone a vast amount of support.

Honestly just picked this one because all the other ones dealt with Obamacare and personally I don’t care too much about that. Luckily for me this article ended up being perfect for me (since unlike most of our class I am young, but not as young as the high school kid) and I have to worry about what the future holds for me when I attempt to enter the workforce. I definitely agree with where the writer stands on this topic and it’s an eye opener of what obstacles I will face if we don’t start trying to confront the problems we have now.