Bring Back Flogging
Bring Back Flogging
Every civilized society makes laws that protect its values, and society expects from every single person to obey to these laws. Whenever a person from this society breaks one of those laws, the rulers of the society punish him or her either by putting the person behind bars, whipping him or her, or exiling the person. A great debate has been raging since human society started. Some say that depriving a wrongdoer from his or her freedom is the best way to deter him or her from breaking the law again; some prefer corporal punishment. In this essay "Bring Back Flogging," the author Jeff Jacoby argues effectively that flogging can be a successful alternative to the prison that the U.S. uses for every offensive. The author builds his argument using implied thesis statement, inductive logic, and serious stance toward his readers.
During the seventeen century, flogging was a common punishment for lawbreakers among Boston's Puritans. Jacoby draws the attention of his readers to flogging as an efficient punishment. He says that this country counts on imprisonment as a punishment to all kind of crimes, violent or non-violent once, but the success of this system should be open to debate. Jacoby says that the use of prison for non-violent offenders is expansive and inhuman because the prisoner can be beaten, raped, or even killed there. Jacoby argued that flogging is efficient and can be a cure for the increase of the rate of the crimes in this country.
Overall, the author in his article was successful in grabbing his reader’s attention by using various methods to support his argument. From his introduction, Jacoby gives his readers some historical facts and background to catch their attention from the beginning "whipt, &branded with a hott iron on one of his cheekes." Joseph Gatchell, convicted of blasphemy in 1684…. when Hannah Newell pleaded guilty to adultery in 1694…. He was sentenced to 25 lashes." The readers were informed of what flogging is,
Every civilized society makes laws that protect its values, and society expects from every single person to obey to these laws. Whenever a person from this society breaks one of those laws, the rulers of the society punish him or her either by putting the person behind bars, whipping him or her, or exiling the person. A great debate has been raging since human society started. Some say that depriving a wrongdoer from his or her freedom is the best way to deter him or her from breaking the law again; some prefer corporal punishment. In this essay "Bring Back Flogging," the author Jeff Jacoby argues effectively that flogging can be a successful alternative to the prison that the U.S. uses for every offensive. The author builds his argument using implied thesis statement, inductive logic, and serious stance toward his readers.
During the seventeen century, flogging was a common punishment for lawbreakers among Boston's Puritans. Jacoby draws the attention of his readers to flogging as an efficient punishment. He says that this country counts on imprisonment as a punishment to all kind of crimes, violent or non-violent once, but the success of this system should be open to debate. Jacoby says that the use of prison for non-violent offenders is expansive and inhuman because the prisoner can be beaten, raped, or even killed there. Jacoby argued that flogging is efficient and can be a cure for the increase of the rate of the crimes in this country.
Overall, the author in his article was successful in grabbing his reader’s attention by using various methods to support his argument. From his introduction, Jacoby gives his readers some historical facts and background to catch their attention from the beginning "whipt, &branded with a hott iron on one of his cheekes." Joseph Gatchell, convicted of blasphemy in 1684…. when Hannah Newell pleaded guilty to adultery in 1694…. He was sentenced to 25 lashes." The readers were informed of what flogging is,