Argumentation

In your essay you are asked to focus on how …

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Open and closed argumentations

Kakutani uses both open and closed argumentation to present her views. On the one hand, she states directly that she disapproves of literature censorship:

Authors’ original texts should be sacros…

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Forms of appeal

In her argumentation, the author supports her views with appeals to logos and ethos (logical reasoning and reference to authority and shared values).

Logos

An example of logical reasoning  (logos) can be found when the author inspires readers to reflect on the importance of reading literary works in their original forms and the possible consequences of not doing so:

Haven’t we learned by now that removing…

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Parallels or comparisons

Finally, the writer argues for her views by using parallels or comparisons which are meant to make her message clearer and more accessible or relatable: “It’s like the politically correct efforts in the ’80s to exile great authors like Conrad and Melville from the canon because their …