CL 9/5

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  1. Joel Stein doesn’t participate in the Brief Thompson steps of how to argue.
  2. I don’t think he follows this because his writing is for a pop culture magazine. He doesn’t take a formal approach to the argument.
  3. Joel Stein is aiming at an audience that doesn’t have the same view about the Yankees as him. Not only is he kinda aggressive in his approach to the argument, but he also makes sure to really drill the reader with multiple reasons why the Yankees are so successful. He provides facts and comparisons that help the audience get on board with his opinion.
  4. Stein does a good job of portraying himself as a comical but assertive writer. He’s arrogant and pushy. The reader can tell that he is a real Yankees fan and though he uses sarcasm and humor to get his point across, he is being 100% serious with his efforts.
  5. /6. Stein uses the comparison of the Yankees and America as the gap. The way he hypes of America and the Yankees success ties into the events of the time. He even uses this comparison in a way that could distract the reader from reality and what’s actually going on in America.

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