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I have always been a fan of Miley's music while she was in Tennessee and after when she moved to California and started her new lifestyle (first picture on pg). But there exists more than a few reasons why I think Miley Cyrus is putting our upcoming generation of kids at risk to become unmanageable.
Too many people are inspired by her in the wrong ways. Her wannabe lifestyle split into segments of hipster, hippy, gangsta, and sloot, have motivated some of my family members that "We can't stop." This meaning that, the limits of society's properness my generation has breached, will also be broken by my kids on an unimaginable level. As much as I hate to turn down on the weekend, I don't want to see my little sister at UT next year, half naked in a bunny suit twerking on a fraternal Robin Thicke.
Miley's performance at the VMAs was quite extraordinary. Kate Dries writes, "It was jarring because, as opposed to the random, half-nude models we're used to seeing prance around Robin Thicke, we were watching a 20-year-old woman — a household name, someone we 'know' — play the object in Thicke's sexy sex dream" (par. 8). The fine line that every human knows between sexy and ratchet has been picked up and currently being used as a jump rope by Miley Cyrus, and now anyone that knows Miley wants to double dutch with her.
We need to make sure that our party in the USA doesn't turn into a wrecking ball that can't stop the sensual limits keeping something called appropriate in our human nature.
Don't get me wrong, Miley can come hang out in her Bunny Suit with me whenever she pleases, but when it comes to who else I want to view our private party, I wouldn't reveal our encounter to an audience, such as the VMAs.
Although most guys won't admit Miley's explicitness in her work, affecting the America's youths' actions, and vice versa for ladies, we should all understand the reality of her "effectiveness," and the expectations that follow.
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Works Cited:
Dries, Kate. Vulture. 27 Aug. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
Stewart, Dodai. Jezebel. Huffington Post, 21 Jun. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
I think Taylor's persuasive purpose is to explain to readers as to why Miley Cyrus is a bad influence on the youth of our nation. Too many kids are looking up to Miley and the life style she sings about. Taylor uses pathos very well. When he talks about not wanting to see his sister next year dressed up as Miley and dancing on some guy, it appeals to basically every college guy, whose sister is going to college. He also uses pathos when he talks about how her influence will affect our children in the future. I don't want my daughter to be anything like Miley! Taylor also uses Logos very well. He uses this by telling the audience about his personal experiences with his family, and the effects Miley has on them. His quotes also go very well with his topic and support his purpose. I believe Taylor successfully achieved his persuasive purpose, because of his use of logos and pathos. His humorous writing style and content also help accomplish this purpose. Taylor could have made his argument stronger by having more quotes to back up his idea, and maybe less humor in his blog and more facts.
ReplyDeleteThis piece is one that caught my attention right from the start. Many children and even people in our generation look up to Miley as some form of idol, but maybe thats not the best thing for them to do. I really like the way he played into the emotions of his readers. When he talks about not wanting to see his sister in a bunny suit dancing on some college guy at a party, that is almost every big brothers fear when it comes to their sisters. I really like the way he adds in the personal part where he talks about how Miley has effected his family in different ways. He is correct in saying that Miley has an influence on children and he does a very good job at backing that statement up in this piece. I believe that Taylor did a very good job of achieving his persuasive purpose. He was very good at engaging the reader and making us think about how we would feel in situations, he made it more personal. I agree with Jason that the only suggestion I would give would be to add a couple extra quotes to make his argument seem more credible but overall great piece. Good Job.
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