College Pressure By George Zinsser Analysis

In this article “College Pressure,” Zinsser describes four main aspects of pressure that students face in college, which are economical pressure, peer pressure, self-induced pressure, and parental pressure. Zinsser uses a great sense of emotion in the article to help the reader observe the pressure faced by college students. Zinsser is a great writer because he uses some of the greatest aspects of writing. These aspects include, but are not limited to, using repetition, quoting other writers, listening to one’s feelings and appealing to the reader’s emotions. Trimple advices the writer to listen to his/her feelings when he/she is writing. Trimple states, “Pick a subject that means something to you, emotionally as well as intellectually. If you feel in good spirits, you might consider writing what’s called an “appreciation”

Friends can sometimes be a bad influence on a person, which then leads to peer pressure. People need to be satisfied with themselves in order to eliminate their self- induced pressure. Zinsser uses an effective method in his article by quoting other authors. Zinsser quoted John Trimble, “I had a students who came in and said she was under terrible pressure because her roommate, Barbara, was much brighter and studied all the time. I couldn’t tell her that Barbara had come in two hours earlier and said the same thing” (4). This quote expresses that peer pressure can be misleading. Both students thought that their roommate was studying more, and each one started to get jealous of the other. Zinsser used one of the most effective points in writing, which is quoting other writers. Trimble states, “Professionals quote, do not paraphrase,” in the book Writing with Style Chapter 7. We tend to see that Zinsser is a professional writer because he quotes authors rather than paraphrasing their ideas in his writing. This makes his writing effective because he gives them some