3rd Chunk of "Freakonomics"

Analysis

In chapter 5 Dubnar and Levitt address childrearing and the challenge it places in parents who driven by the fear phenomenon of death. As they ask the question,"Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool?", Dubnar and Levitt, maintain the emphasis on the lack of knowledge, induces the execution of inappropriate decisions. Parents tend to supposedly make the "best" decisions for their children, when in reality, they lean towards their affection of death, with no consideration of the hazardous environment they place their children. Dubnar and Levitt make a excellent analogy, when they insinuate that a parent would rather let her daughter play with her daughter's friend who's parent owns a pool, that her other friend who's parent owns a gun. When in reality, there is an increase in probability, that her daughter will die in a pool (1 in 1000) than being shot to death (1 in 1 million). In chapter 6, Dubnar and Levitt, encompass the parents job in naming their children. Either by giving them trendy, classical, bazaar or simple names, they attempt to dictate and embed, the lifelong success of their children. Dubnar and Levitt, simply devise on the economic principles of incentives, and nature of humans to be emotionally en coursed to decide and make choices.

Diction: Alarming, humorous

Style: Direct and Explicit

Rhetorical Devices:

1. Diction: Use of language, especially on the use of names. When describing the names, he uses colloquial and more unstandardized academic words. However, when reasoning, he elevates his word choice, making his argument more credible.
2. Appeal to Logic: Dubnar and Levitt utilize statistics to reinforce their arguments; 1 out of 1000 chances of dieing. By also utilizing reasoning, they adhere to the audience sense of understanding.
3. Tone: Dubnar and Levitt shift their tone as they humorously make the argument about names and success.
4. Pacing: Dubnar and Levitt structure their sentences in long, devised length, unless they satirically mock an issue.



Questions:

If the choice of selecting a name might affect the success of children, what would a last name or even a second last name do in effect? It is much harder to change your last names?

Is a swimming less frightening than a gun?

How would typical racial names, alter the social life of another race, or group of people with a different racial name?