Amy Chua Essay

“What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.”(411) The Statement from “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” by Amy Chua, is an opinionated article on western and Chinese parenting. In her article, Amy Chua compares the way Chinese parents raise their children and the way American parents raise their children. She shows both the positives and negatives on both sides of parenting. Amy Chua uses Logos, credibility, and Compare and contrast in her passage. Each rhetorical strategy is supposed to help the reader have a clear outlook on the two parenting styles and which parenting style is preferred. The authors give stable credibility, but lacks of an objective in her comparing and contrasting, and lacks reliable
“ Other studies indicate that compared to Western parents, Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children.” (411) Her use of statistics in logos is weak because they are not documented which makes the statistics potentially inaccurate. She uses statistics and her personal logos to show the reader her logic on the two parenting beliefs. Western parents worry a lot about their children’s self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child’s self-esteem is to let them give up.” (413-414) Chua makes an opinion try to come off as factual. Also, the wording is dreadfully making her information come off bias and unrealistic. “Almost 70 percent… and roughly 0 percent,” (411) Amy Chua makes it seem she is uncertain of her own facts. Also, when dealing with opinions in statistics, there is not usually a zero percent. She emphasizes her use of logos making it unbelievable for the reader. “Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling academic activities with their