Analyzing Serve or Fail
Brittany Johnson
English 102-901
October 3, 2014Paper 3- Analyzing an Argument
Serve or Fail Argument Analysis (Word Count: 811)
In Serve or Fail, by Dave Eggers, Eggers implies that college students have too much time on their hands that could instead be used for helping the community. He argues that college itself is time consuming and even with classes, studying, a job, and social activities there are still plenty of hours in the day that need killing. He also states that giving students the opportunity to serve the community in exchange for course credits hours will give students the motive to do so. Not only would the community be benefited tremendously but the students as well. Lastly, Eggers confirms his argument by providing facts and statistics from previous cases that were very successful. Eggers proves his argument by providing these three things in his article. He states “About now, most recent college graduates, a mere week or two beyond their last final, are giving themselves a nice respite.” Eggers believes that the students do deserve “free time” but to a certain extent. They shouldn’t just go to class and study 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but they also shouldn’t play games and skip class either.
Eggers begins his argument with personal experiences. Personal experiences is a great way to prove a thesis to an audience. He shares “during my time there, I became one of the best two or three foosball players in the Land of Lincoln.” Soon, he realized that even after all the fun and games there was still extra time. Therefore, Eggers decided to volunteer. He thought it would be exciting and maybe the start of a new hobby. He realized soon after that volunteering was not for him. It wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy it, he explains that he found a place he enjoyed volunteering at, but he didn’t have to volunteer, no one was forcing him to do this act of kindness; so, he quit. Because of Eggers providing us with personal experiences we can
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English 102-901
October 3, 2014Paper 3- Analyzing an Argument
Serve or Fail Argument Analysis (Word Count: 811)
In Serve or Fail, by Dave Eggers, Eggers implies that college students have too much time on their hands that could instead be used for helping the community. He argues that college itself is time consuming and even with classes, studying, a job, and social activities there are still plenty of hours in the day that need killing. He also states that giving students the opportunity to serve the community in exchange for course credits hours will give students the motive to do so. Not only would the community be benefited tremendously but the students as well. Lastly, Eggers confirms his argument by providing facts and statistics from previous cases that were very successful. Eggers proves his argument by providing these three things in his article. He states “About now, most recent college graduates, a mere week or two beyond their last final, are giving themselves a nice respite.” Eggers believes that the students do deserve “free time” but to a certain extent. They shouldn’t just go to class and study 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but they also shouldn’t play games and skip class either.
Eggers begins his argument with personal experiences. Personal experiences is a great way to prove a thesis to an audience. He shares “during my time there, I became one of the best two or three foosball players in the Land of Lincoln.” Soon, he realized that even after all the fun and games there was still extra time. Therefore, Eggers decided to volunteer. He thought it would be exciting and maybe the start of a new hobby. He realized soon after that volunteering was not for him. It wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy it, he explains that he found a place he enjoyed volunteering at, but he didn’t have to volunteer, no one was forcing him to do this act of kindness; so, he quit. Because of Eggers providing us with personal experiences we can
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