In today’s society, as many as two thirds of teenagers in the United States have a part-time job. These jobs are commonly at fast food chains, retail stores, or involve childcare. “Working at McDonald’s,” written by Amitai Etzioni, is an article about teen employment at McDonald’s food chains. Etzioni, a sociology professor, and the founder of the Communication Network, is a very experienced writer who has published more than two dozen books and numerous articles. Etzioni is a very credential author who expressed his credibility by using personal facts, reputable sources, and citing convincing facts and statistics. Throughout the article, Etzioni uses many tactics to try to prove his opinion correct, but commonly weakens the article’s effectiveness …show more content…
With the goal of logically appealing to readers, in a way to convince them to not work at McDonald’s, Etzioni also starts with factual information. Writing on the topic of teen employment, specifically at McDonald’s, Etzioni believes McDonald’s is bad for teens. Throughout the introduction, he states the statistic that there are more than two-thirds of America’s teens with a part-time paying job. The original audience of this article is all teenagers working at McDonald’s or considering it. The article also includes reasons why teens should not work at McDonalds. McDonald’s is highly un-educational, teens are working to many hours, and supervision is absurd are all arguments discussed by Etzioni to prove his point. One thing immediately recognizable is Etzioni does not realize McDonald’s does impart some skills and some teens have very little options of a place to make money. The message of the article, Etzioni suggests, is teens should carefully choose a job that will be beneficial to them, parents should advise their teen’s decision of where to work, and teens must learn to balance the quest for income and their personal …show more content…
He beings to include facts that contradict his main points. Doing this does not strengthen or add to the overall appeal of the article. Etzioni included facts such as, “teenagers do develop skills such as how to operate food-preparation machinery and a cash register,” or “students who worked at least 25 hours a week have an unemployment rate half of what those who did not work.” Including these facts completely turn against what was originally the main point of the article. (Amitai