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Dr. Jose Castrodad an ex-journalist now publisher and educator according to online sources; in 7/23/2014 published an article in a Puerto Rican newspaper named “El Vocero” in which he wrote an article titled “¿Es que ya no hay gente que piense?” where he comments and criticizes aspect of the harsh reality in Puerto Rico. Castrodad discusses topics ranging from the over focus of the Puerto Rican people in concern to their political status and some very shocking statistics concerning Puerto Rican citizens. Castrodad in his work informs his opinions and diligently displays information supporting his ideas. Further on we will be analyzing his article, not in terms of discussing his point of views, but in terms of structure and in his skills at developing his writing. …show more content…
In his article he developed his introduction in an interesting way by including his titles as part of his way of transmitting his ideas. The title he uses could very well be used as the first sentence of his article, but Castrodad cunningly decides to make it his title; therefore, making the article more appealing, And then directly proceeds with his line of thought. Adding to the cunning which Castrodad used as when he wrote his essay his title is even an insult to his readers (the Puerto Rican people) all a part of his great way of grasping people’s luring them attention to read his article. In essence the titles and first few sentences in most literary works look to serve two main purposes one to introduce the reader’s into the topic which will be discussed or to catch the reader’s attention invoking interest in reading the authors work, his article specially excels in the

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