The Hardships of Divorce

Source for Paper B:

Argument:

WATCO- What are the effects of divorce on one’s lifestyle during the readjustment period?

Claim- The effects of divorce turn your lifestyle into a state of “disequilibrium” during the readjustment period.

Reason- Because the effects of divorce raise one’s stress extremely high through psychological as well as non-psychological factors.

Assumption- Whatever raises your stress extremely high, also throws you into a state of disequilibrium during the readjustment period.


Audience: This is an informative article, geared at an audience curious as to the cause and effects of divorce. This audience might include: those who have gone through a divorce, those affected by a divorce (family members or friends), psychologists, therapists, etc.


Goal: Purely to state facts and observations of how and why people act the way they do after a divorce because of stress.


How?:

Logos- A lot of understandable logic is found, especially in the section dealing with non-psychological stress. Its easy to understand why things like: financial issues, parental role changes, separation from children, inexperience in the dating scene, etc. would lead to a decrease in emotional and psychological health and well-being.

S- This article is seven pages full of information and statistics about divorce and how people tend to react and cope with the trauma of separation.

A- The information is all based off of studies, research, surveys, and samples. The researchers really tried to put an emphasis on not being bias and making the study legitimate simply through the longevity of the 3-year project.


Effective?- Yes, the goal of the article is to inform and it does a good job of that. I would have liked to see the article be more sympathetic and sensitive; maybe draw on its audience from an emotional perspective as well.