Charles Colson's Argument Analysis

An author should always know the purpose of what he is writing as well as who he is writing to. This is important because it shapes and determines what writing style the author should use. If the writer does not determine his or hers purpose and audience, the author could fail at getting his or hers point across to the reader. This could be because the paper does not have a main focus or the writing is too high or low educationally for the reader. Charles Colson is the author of "Beware of the Easter Bunny". Charles Colson converted to Christianity when he was serving his prison term for the Watergate scandal. Charles Colson started Prison Fellowship to help minister to prison inmates after personally converting to Christianity himself. Colson successfully encourage his readers to rethink the Easter Bunny by using logos,

Colson writes in a way that the reader rethinks how they celebrate Easter and why they celebrate it that way. Colson also connects with his audience when he talks about his childhood memories of going to church and hunting for eggs (Colson 63). He shows that he used to think of Easter the same way as the reader, but has since then changed his mind and wants to convince and teach others what he believes in now. He shows he is especially writing to Christians when he states, "Though we Christians today moan about its 'secularization,' we've got it backwards,"(Colson 63). Colson shows that he is talking to any religious people in his essay "Beware of the Easter Bunny" as well. He does this when he asked the Anglican rector about Christianity growth in his nation and the Anglican rector said that Christianity was loosing badly to the Moslems because of the Jenkins business (Colson 64). The reader is very aware after reading "Beware of the Easter Bunny" that Colson is talking to religious people , especially