Choosing Order Before Freedom

Having a variety of contents in a writing allows the piece to have a level of sophistication and assist the author in projecting their purpose further. The main types of contents present in “Choosing Order before Freedom, ” that show the significance of Putin and Russia, and how Putin’s past has helped shape Russia’s success are descriptions, anecdotes, and opinion. Anecdotes are also present to illustrate how Putin’s past has helped shape Russia’s success. This was evidenced when the author wrote, “When this..KGB agent(Putin) took over as President of Russia in 2000, he found a country on the verge of becoming a failed state…..Putin has put his country back on the map.” Considering the qualities KGB agents possess include being intelligent, sociable, extrovert, the
Opinion, for example “with dauntless persistence...Putin has put his country back on the map”, is also used to show that the people’s perspective on Putin, which is as an important and strong figure for Russia. Therefore, once Putin became president and Russia was back on track, it started gaining power. An example of description used to illustrate Russia's power was when the author wrote, “It(Russia) has the world’s largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction and a lethal nuclear arsenal; it is the world’s second largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia..” The quote stated, clearly shows that Russia is powerful, due to the large amount of resources they possess. The large amount of resources allow Russia to have a stable economy which helps the Russian government gain power, as the government would be able to invest in making their country even more powerful. The fact they have the largest number of weapons of mass destruction in the world, shows that they have extremely high military power. Once again increasing the significance they have over the