Hi I had attached the first file in which you there are some articles link and you have to cite according to instructions and in another pdf (demonstration essay – a vote for walmart pdf ) just read
February 18, 2023 Name: _________________________________________________________________ A Vote for Wal-Mart Read the Walmart essay & then complete this individual take-home participation assignment. Be prepared to discuss your answers on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Upload your completed file to the weekly participation folder. What claim is the writer of the essay making and supporting? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Find examples of each of the following: Logos (logical support) – find 1 example ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ethos (Ethical nature of the speaker – based on credibility) – find 1 example ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pathos (Emotional appeal) – find 2 examples ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What flaws (or logical fallacies) do you find with the writer’s argument? What would you do to improve the argument? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hi I had attached the first file in which you there are some articles link and you have to cite according to instructions and in another pdf (demonstration essay – a vote for walmart pdf ) just read
Demonstration Essay: A Vote for Wal -Mart According to one critic, Wal -Mart is waging a “War on Main Street.” Anti -Wal -Mart activists think they should “Ban the Bargains.” A pro -Wal -Mart writer asks “Who’s Really the Villain?” Obviously, the ever -expanding Wal -Mart brings some people’s emotions to a boiling point. This seems strange. After all, Wal -Mart doesn’t seem one of those hot – button issues like abortion or capital punishment. But for man, this is not just about discount department stor es; it’s about conflicting values: the values of small -town North America versus the values of “mindless consumerism” (Ortega 107) . I don’t consider myself a mindless consumerist, but I happen to like Wal -Marts. Opponents of the giant discount chains have made powerful arguments against them and it’s too bad that these megastores are helping to make a way of life extinct but opponents should realize that stores like Wal -Mart are so successful because most people prefer bargains and convenience to tradition and small -town charms. Wal -Mart’s growth has been spectacular. Launched in 1962, by 1997 Wal -Mart had over 2900 stores, including 502 “Supercenters” (“Wal -Mart Stores”). Al Norman, one of Wal -Mart’s most vocal critics, reported that in 1994 Wal -Mart had o ver $67 billion in sales (“Eight Ways” 108). Fo ur years later, Wal -Mart’s annual sales climbed to almost $118 billion (“Wal -Mart Stores”). Wal -Mart also own’s Sam’s Club, another discount chain, which opened in early 1983 (chart: “Wal -Mart Takes Off” 115), and now numbers 483 stores (“Wal -Mart Stores”). To its critics Wal -Mart seems to represent everything wrong with the modern North American society. Sarah Anderson, an economist and the daughter of a small – town retailer, argues that Wal -Mart encourages ur ban sprawl, drains money from local economies, kills downtowns and local jobs, and destroys the quality of small -town life (111). Others blame Wal -Mart for the “homogenization of community identity ” (Ortega 107). One local resident complains, “Everything’s starting to look the same, everybody buys all the same things — a lot of small -town character is being lost.” She adds, “Visually, [Wal -Marts] are atrocious” (qtd. In Ortega 108). Activist Al Norman has helped organize local communities to fight the spre ad of Wal -Mart. His website, “Sprawl -Busters,” proudly lists 248 communities that have succeeded in beating back a big -box store’s advance on their town (“Victorious Secret”). (He also lists the communities that have rejected other large discounters like H ome Depot, Costco, and Kmart.) Norman argues that “Wal -Mart’s gains are largely captured from other merchants” (“Eight Ways” 109). His rallying cry is that communities are “not ready to die for a cheap pair of underwear” (qtd. In Anderson 111). But rhetor ic like this is overkill. Norman might as well blame computer makers for the death of the typewriters or automakers for the death of horse0and -buggy rigs. Horses and buggies may be more picturesque and romantic than cars, but most North Americans drive car s these days because they’re a lot faster and more convenient. If customers choose to buy underwear at Wal -Mart instead of the mom -and -pop store downtown, that’s because it’s easier to get to Wal -Mart — and to park there — and because cheapness is a qualit y that matters to them. I agree that Wal -Marts are unattractive and charmless. They just don’t have the warmth or individuality of some small shops you find in downtown areas especially if they’re been in business for generations. But like most people, I’ m willing to sacrifice warmth and individuality if I can get just what I want at a price I can afford. As Jo -Ann Johnston points out, mom -and -pop stores have brought on a lot of their own problems by not being sufficiently responsive to what their customer s need. She notes, “several of the town’s shoppers complained during the Wal -Mart battle that area merchants could use competitions because of their poor selection, high prices, limited hours, and lackluster service: (113). Johnston points out that if cust omers can’t find what they want at the price they want at local stores, it’s not surprising that they go to Wal -Mart. As even opponents of Wal -Mart admit, North American downtowns were in trouble long before Wal -Mart arrived on the scene. Changes in the e conomy and in the North American lifestyle have contributed to the end of a traditional way of life. In other words, stores such as Wal -Mart are the symptom rather than a cause of the changes in Main Street. Blaming Wal -Mart “overlooks a much deeper proble m facing small -town America,” writes Jo -Ann Johnston: “the need to change a way of doing business while maintaining, or improving, a deeply valued way of life” (112). As Sarah Anderson admits, “Small towns cannot return to the past, when families did all t heir shopping and socializing in their hometown. Rural life is changing and there’s no use denying it” (111). In “Eight Ways to Stop the Store,” Norman provides tips for community activists on how to fight Wal -Mart. I agree that if most people don’t want Wal -Mart in their community, they should campaign against it and keep it out. I even think that the community might be a more pleasant place to live without the huge discount chains. But I also believe that residents of these communities should be aware of the price they will pay, both financially and in convenience, for maintaining their traditional way of doing business. Even without Wal -Mart, local downtowns will have trouble holding on to their customers. A better plan than keeping the bug discounters o ut would be for local retailers to adapt to the changing times and to the competition. Some store owners have found ways of offering their customers what Wal -Mart can’t provide: personalized services, such as home delivery or special orders, along with mer chandise not available in certain chain stores (Johnston 113 -114). Wal -Mart did not become the huge success it is by forcing its products on an unwilling public. People should shop there because they want to. They want to save money and they want to find what they’re looking for. Who can blame them? Wal -Mart may not be pretty, but it’s also not “the villain.”