In this reading not so much about the positive unity of sororities and fraternities,but actually the negative aspects and stereotypes are portrayed. It talks about the Greek systems; the mass amounts of drinking, disrespect for one another (ie women), stereotyping, and the kind of "secret life" that goes on. Evan Wright builds up his credibility due to the fact his article is in a well known magazine, which has been around for a while. Another way he does this is he catches the readers attention with the story he tells and how he starts out his article. He kept my attention the whole way through.
I believe that the author makes an attempt to establish credibility through the use of multiple people’s opinions, I think the reason that she does this is to be able to remain as unbiased on the subject as possible. Through peoples opinions, she explains the bad things that go on in the fraternities and sororities, such as heavy drinking and crazy rights of passing…etc..
The author establishes his credibility by interviewing many different people. He interviews everyone from fraternity brothers and sorority sisters to feminists. The story represents the other side of fraternities and sororities. The story tells of the rituals in the houses, the parties, and everything that outsiders wouldn't normally know about.
the author establishes credibility from the diverse people interviewed. Getting this look at not only sorority life but college life from totally different perspectives (the hottie, the freaks, the shy, the feminist), the audience is able to trust the author because it is not a one sided piece. I was actually really irritated while reading this article because of how dumb some of these girls sounded, and I think that was part of the author's point, to show how these girls act in sororities. Girls having to dress a certain way, "fat tables", "crush parties" where you hook up, this does not sound like any click I would want my daughter to join. I think with these girls not wanting to sound superficial in the interview, they ended up showing off more of the stereotypical sorority girls. I enjoy drinking too, but it seems from this article that all they do revolves around liquor, all events have to be somewhere where liquor can be served (and not just a little, but a lot like a bar), and girls are throwing up in the streets. I have friends in Sororities so I know that not every sorority girl is like this, but interviews like this only prove that there is some truths to general stereotypes.
Evan Wright, the author, first establishes credibility in the fact that his article was published in the popular magazine, Rolling Stone. He furthers his credibility in the fact that his narratives involve many different types of people, on both sides. The bigger problem I felt that was represented was the division and unawareness of that division between races. He told that upper middle-class Americans would use the Greeks as way to ensure that their future spouse was the right breed; even the Greeks are segregated into the whites and blacks. This is a major issue why should someone who is of another race or a little over weight not have the same opportunities to have "sisters" and not get lost in the big university? We live in a very diverse country and people need to be aware of that and embrace it!
The author of this piece establishes credibility by giving everyone equal representation, and also by relating the story through personal experiences. If the piece would have been written from an outside perspective it may have just seemed like a biased article based on stereotypes. Each person quoted in the article, as well as each scenario presented, were all witnessed by the author.
As far as "equal representation" is concerned, the author gives the same treatment to sorority sisters as he does to those opposed to the greeks. When quoting both the greeks and the geeks, he makes a clear effort to add every "like" said by the person speaking (thus making them sound inarticulate).
Also, the author never comes out and states "Greek associations are bad", he merely presents personal experiences of being around these organizations and lets the reader make their own decision.
The author establishes credibility by using the opinions of people associated directly to sororities and fraternities and also people who are not but know about them. In my opinion, these sources make her argument unbiased, because it both sides of the topic. The author does a nice work at describing each person she interviewed and what they were doing at the moment. While reading,I felt like I was "watching" a documentary in my mind. The author describes the activities organized in fraternities and sororities as organizations with the sole purpose of partying, drinking, having drugs, and sex. The article portrayed these organizations negatively but in an inoffensive way. Therefore, I think his narrative argument was credible.
The author first establishes his credibility when it states that this article appears in "Rolling Stone" magazine. This is a well-known magazine that has been around for a while. He also establishes credibility when he interviews members of fraternities and sororities; this allows the audience to trust what he is saying is true and not just made up. This article shows the other side of fraternities and sororities. It does not talk about the brotherhood or the sisterhood but instead what also occurs in these houses. It shows how members of Greek communities are stereotyped and how they "truly" behave. He covers things most people would not know occurs unless they were members.
The author builds credibility by talking to a lot of frat and sorority members. He talks about the side of Greek life that nobody really knows unless they experience it. Sororities choose their members based on how thin and beautiful they are. He also talks about how crazy the parties are and how the memebers seem to care more about where they will party more than anything else. He doesn't talk about the community service or the special bond between members that comes with being in a sorority. After reading this story, even though Greek life has never interested me, I woulnd'd join one for a million dollars.
the author has credibility because he is writting for rolling Stone magizine which has readers that would be interested in stories like this one. also he has lots of interviews form sorority girls and fraternity guys. the bigger picture of the story is that it shows how ridiculous the whole greek life is, and also how it teaches these kids nothing bu selfishnes, which is the opposite of what it is supposed to be teaching which is brotherhood/sisterhood.
The author establishes cedibility through his diverse interviews and the fact that his article was published in a well known magazine. His views are rather negative about sororities and fraternities. Yet his article is not completely biased.
I believe that the author tries to establish credibility by using different people in sororities and fraternities and getting their opinions. I beleive by him doing this he is trying not to be one sided and trying not to show only his opinion. But he brings up all the negatives of being in these groups and how they are no longer about brotherhood and sisterhood but about the stereotype they have established about drinking and partying.
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In this reading not so much about the positive unity of sororities and fraternities,but actually the negative aspects and stereotypes are portrayed. It talks about the Greek systems; the mass amounts of drinking, disrespect for one another (ie women), stereotyping, and the kind of "secret life" that goes on.
Evan Wright builds up his credibility due to the fact his article is in a well known magazine, which has been around for a while. Another way he does this is he catches the readers attention with the story he tells and how he starts out his article. He kept my attention the whole way through.
I believe that the author makes an attempt to establish credibility through the use of multiple people’s opinions, I think the reason that she does this is to be able to remain as unbiased on the subject as possible. Through peoples opinions, she explains the bad things that go on in the fraternities and sororities, such as heavy drinking and crazy rights of passing…etc..
The author establishes his credibility by interviewing many different people. He interviews everyone from fraternity brothers and sorority sisters to feminists.
The story represents the other side of fraternities and sororities. The story tells of the rituals in the houses, the parties, and everything that outsiders wouldn't normally know about.
the author establishes credibility from the diverse people interviewed. Getting this look at not only sorority life but college life from totally different perspectives (the hottie, the freaks, the shy, the feminist), the audience is able to trust the author because it is not a one sided piece. I was actually really irritated while reading this article because of how dumb some of these girls sounded, and I think that was part of the author's point, to show how these girls act in sororities. Girls having to dress a certain way, "fat tables", "crush parties" where you hook up, this does not sound like any click I would want my daughter to join. I think with these girls not wanting to sound superficial in the interview, they ended up showing off more of the stereotypical sorority girls. I enjoy drinking too, but it seems from this article that all they do revolves around liquor, all events have to be somewhere where liquor can be served (and not just a little, but a lot like a bar), and girls are throwing up in the streets. I have friends in Sororities so I know that not every sorority girl is like this, but interviews like this only prove that there is some truths to general stereotypes.
Evan Wright, the author, first establishes credibility in the fact that his article was published in the popular magazine, Rolling Stone. He furthers his credibility in the fact that his narratives involve many different types of people, on both sides. The bigger problem I felt that was represented was the division and unawareness of that division between races. He told that upper middle-class Americans would use the Greeks as way to ensure that their future spouse was the right breed; even the Greeks are segregated into the whites and blacks. This is a major issue why should someone who is of another race or a little over weight not have the same opportunities to have "sisters" and not get lost in the big university? We live in a very diverse country and people need to be aware of that and embrace it!
The author of this piece establishes credibility by giving everyone equal representation, and also by relating the story through personal experiences. If the piece would have been written from an outside perspective it may have just seemed like a biased article based on stereotypes. Each person quoted in the article, as well as each scenario presented, were all witnessed by the author.
As far as "equal representation" is concerned, the author gives the same treatment to sorority sisters as he does to those opposed to the greeks. When quoting both the greeks and the geeks, he makes a clear effort to add every "like" said by the person speaking (thus making them sound inarticulate).
Also, the author never comes out and states "Greek associations are bad", he merely presents personal experiences of being around these organizations and lets the reader make their own decision.
The author establishes credibility by using the opinions of people associated directly to sororities and fraternities and also people who are not but know about them. In my opinion, these sources make her argument unbiased, because it both sides of the topic. The author does a nice work at describing each person she interviewed and what they were doing at the moment. While reading,I felt like I was "watching" a documentary in my mind. The author describes the activities organized in fraternities and sororities as organizations with the sole purpose of partying, drinking, having drugs, and sex. The article portrayed these organizations negatively but in an inoffensive way. Therefore, I think his narrative argument was credible.
The author first establishes his credibility when it states that this article appears in "Rolling Stone" magazine. This is a well-known magazine that has been around for a while. He also establishes credibility when he interviews members of fraternities and sororities; this allows the audience to trust what he is saying is true and not just made up.
This article shows the other side of fraternities and sororities. It does not talk about the brotherhood or the sisterhood but instead what also occurs in these houses. It shows how members of Greek communities are stereotyped and how they "truly" behave. He covers things most people would not know occurs unless they were members.
The author builds credibility by talking to a lot of frat and sorority members. He talks about the side of Greek life that nobody really knows unless they experience it. Sororities choose their members based on how thin and beautiful they are. He also talks about how crazy the parties are and how the memebers seem to care more about where they will party more than anything else. He doesn't talk about the community service or the special bond between members that comes with being in a sorority. After reading this story, even though Greek life has never interested me, I woulnd'd join one for a million dollars.
the author has credibility because he is writting for rolling Stone magizine which has readers that would be interested in stories like this one. also he has lots of interviews form sorority girls and fraternity guys. the bigger picture of the story is that it shows how ridiculous the whole greek life is, and also how it teaches these kids nothing bu selfishnes, which is the opposite of what it is supposed to be teaching which is brotherhood/sisterhood.
The author establishes cedibility through his diverse interviews and the fact that his article was published in a well known magazine. His views are rather negative about sororities and fraternities. Yet his article is not completely biased.
I believe that the author tries to establish credibility by using different people in sororities and fraternities and getting their opinions. I beleive by him doing this he is trying not to be one sided and trying not to show only his opinion. But he brings up all the negatives of being in these groups and how they are no longer about brotherhood and sisterhood but about the stereotype they have established about drinking and partying.
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