Strengths And Weaknesses Of John Williams

When reading an article, a person can often gather more than the information given by the writer. For example, when looking at John Williams’ article “Irish Female Convicts and Tasmania,” a reader can see much more than the figures he advances to support his arguments. Upon analysis of his text, a reader can discern additional information such as the bias of the writer since the writer always shows more of himself than he thinks. A look at the sources is essential to assess the credibility and to judge the potential strengths or weaknesses of the paper.
The focus of this article is to expose certain biases maintained towards the Irish female prisoners that were transported to Tasmania and gauge their influence over the colonial society. The article first dealt with why, where and when the Irish women
However, the convict records did provide a strong basis for his arguments, as numbers and facts cannot lie, quantitative evidence is often preferred over qualitative evidence in these sort of articles as they provide a stronger foundation for refuting preconception. Another strength is that the author does cover an extensive amount of reasons and possible causes for the state of Irish women prisoners transported to Tasmania, covering all directions that could be taken by a person that would search to refute his arguments.

Given these points, John Williams was able to provide us with a strongly based arguments that can be relied on for future research. Although they are not plenty, the sources that were used are of great quality for this type of article. The author also covers his basis by approaching most of the exceptions encountered in the convict records. While it is evident in the text that Williams is siding with the Irish, it does not mean that the article is to be trashed since he maintains his objectivity, it, however, constitute a weakness of the