Jeffrey Williams 'Indentured Servitude': Article Analysis

Williams, “Student Debt Creates Conditions Much Like Indentured Servitude” “Student Debt Creates Conditions Much Like Indentured Servitude” is an article written by Jeffery Williams. The author wrote this article with the aim of illustrating how the loans administered to the college students has rejuvenated the spirit of convention for a considerable proportion of the modern Americans (Williams). Jeffrey J Williams is a distinguished professor of English having authored several novels and journalism publications. One of his known publications is Dissent, in which he has incorporated the article named above and that will be of focus in this essay. The paper will determine whether the author has succeeded in conveying his message to his audience.
To make his readers have a clear understanding and feel like they are in the shoes of the issue he is addressing, Jeffrey describes to his readers when the indentured servitude begins by addressing the number of hours that students work. Going further, Jeffrey J Williams gives the reader a clear description of the way the student loan is acquired, and puts that the loan is not acquired through use of property as security, but uses personhood a
For Jeffrey, this is no exception as he narrates how certain workers in a company were running away due to mistreatment. The company reacted forcefully to crime as the beaten workers who were running away threatened the collapse of the business. These workers were later arrested, with some being burned and others hanged. He narrates how these workers were subjected to all forms of torture. This narration is closely linked to student loan, which has become an indentured servitude. The reader can have a clear picture of how the treatment of these workers are like how the students who are given loans end up being treated in the future. Just as the company has good information about the future by mistreating his workers, lenders of student loans have enough information about what will happen to these students throughout their job experience