The Controversical Analysis Of Justin Clark's Bike-Share Program

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Society loves to join in on and enjoy all the new trends that arise, even if they may be flawed, expensive, or even silly. People just desire to fit into society and be like everyone else. We’ve grown up hearing “don’t do something just because everyone else is”, but the reality is that we can’t help it, it’s just how humans naturally flow. The latest trend that’s happening is the bike-share program, which allows folks to check out a bike at one service station and return in to another. Bike-share programs are quickly growing around the world and the latest city to adopt this new trend is Los Angeles, California. Justin Clark expresses very strong opinions about this new and environment friendly program and what L.A isn’t doing right. He tells …show more content…

He shows that he is contemplative by letting us know that thought long and hard about this topic and that he has done his research prior to writing this article. The assertive tone is brought into this paper when we realize that Clark shows the readers his confidence on his stance throughout the article. He makes certain that the readers know his authority and that he will not back down on his belief that the L. A’s bike-share system is …show more content…

Clark states that, “a $15-an-hour worker will have to spend an extra 15 minutes at their job to pay for it.” Knowing that these workers don’t want to spend more time at work then they have to, Clark cleverly makes the readers feel depressed. He knows that if he uses facts that will push city workers away from the bike-share system, then it will assist him in persuading others to feel the way he does about the new bike-share program. His use of pathos throughout the article is very subtle but deadly, and makes the readers feel guilt without them even

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