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Today, everything we do revolves around the media. When we pick a magazine it's there, when we turn on the TV or the radio, it's there. But our lives are also changing because of the knowledge we gain from the media. Whether it's what styles are in right now, or the fact that violence is becoming more and more popular, we conform to the media choices we have available.
For instance, if someone is a big fan of the E! channel, they are constantly watching biographies on celebrities and the latest fashion trends. This would probably convince them to adjust their lifestyle to be more like the celebrities they see on TV. The media tells us what is going on in the world and how to react to situations. As far as the information that we get from the media if it's legitimate, we choose what we want to believe. Someone may choose to believe what they read from the national inquirer and other's may choose to believe what they watch on CNN.

Analysis of Jeremy Rifkin’s “The European Dream”

Jeremy Rifkin’s argumentative essay depicts ideal life in Europe as being superior to America. He claims that his so called “European Dream” is more up to date than the unreachable “American Dream”. He attempts to make his claim valid by implementing various statistics, strong emotional and logical elements (pathos & logos), and other literary devices such as metaphor, allusion, and syntax. His statistics express how life in Europe is much more refined economically, mentally, and emotionally. As for his use of pathos and logos, he makes references to religion and the military. His organization of sentences, his continuous comparisons of America to something completely different, like a “melting pot”, along with the mention of the U.S. Constitution, aid in making his argument even more legitimate.

Mr. Jesson, I'm sorry I had to send this to you but I realized in class that my format for the notes on our paper was incorrect so I re-did them. Thank you.

Adrienne Kazemi
Kazemi 1
Jamie Jesson

RHE 309S

20 June 2006

Rifkin’s “The European Dream”

In Rifkin’s European Dream, he depicts the American dream as outdated and superficial. His main claim is that Europe is developing a dream based upon well being rather than social stature. This ‘European Dream’ consists of “quality of life” rather than quantity of materials. According to Rifkin, Europeans are becoming smarter at younger ages than Americans and that life is overall less stressful.

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