Little Children By Muririal Gray Analysis
Genetic Engineering
A. Outline of the various positions on genetic engineering and new technology
The first text, “Little Children” by Michael Le Page, argues in favor of genetic engineering. Michael Le Page’s opinion is simple and prominent: genetic engineering is a victory for the human species and we should encourage its use. Michael Le Page thinks that all potential parents should be offered screening and if necessary, IVF followed by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. By doing so, we have ability to limit children born with genetic disorders. Michael Le Page stresses that IVF isn’t any good for creating designer babies and choosing specific, desired traits. It’s simply a tool to decrease the number of children born with genetic diseases. …show more content…
The sentence structure is long and uses a very diverse vocabulary with many technical terms. This increases Murial Gray’s credibility. Murial Gray also tries to make the disagreeing readers doubt their own intelligence. This is seen in the first lines: “A person who fails to acknowledge this first year philosophy undergraduate truth, that the very essence of life is change, is a self-deluding person…” (ll 4-6, p 1).
Here, Gray stresses that her point is simple and easy, and if you disagree with her statement, you are either lying to yourself or misguided. Murial Gray raises direct, but rhetorical, questions. She answers common critical questions directly in the text. By doing so, she “kills” her many of her opponents’ questions before they’re asked.
Gray takes great use of logos in the text. She refers to countless of similar incidents in the human history, bringing multiple examples: “As everything from Leonardo da Vinci’s helicopter designs to Arthur C Clarke’s bombs in space has proved, if we can dream it, we can do it.” (ll 25-27, p 1)
Ethos is also used in the text as she draws several parallels to not just history, but generally similar cases. Muriel Gray avoids using pathos, creating a feeling of the entire matter being above our personal, emotional
A. Outline of the various positions on genetic engineering and new technology
The first text, “Little Children” by Michael Le Page, argues in favor of genetic engineering. Michael Le Page’s opinion is simple and prominent: genetic engineering is a victory for the human species and we should encourage its use. Michael Le Page thinks that all potential parents should be offered screening and if necessary, IVF followed by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. By doing so, we have ability to limit children born with genetic disorders. Michael Le Page stresses that IVF isn’t any good for creating designer babies and choosing specific, desired traits. It’s simply a tool to decrease the number of children born with genetic diseases. …show more content…
The sentence structure is long and uses a very diverse vocabulary with many technical terms. This increases Murial Gray’s credibility. Murial Gray also tries to make the disagreeing readers doubt their own intelligence. This is seen in the first lines: “A person who fails to acknowledge this first year philosophy undergraduate truth, that the very essence of life is change, is a self-deluding person…” (ll 4-6, p 1).
Here, Gray stresses that her point is simple and easy, and if you disagree with her statement, you are either lying to yourself or misguided. Murial Gray raises direct, but rhetorical, questions. She answers common critical questions directly in the text. By doing so, she “kills” her many of her opponents’ questions before they’re asked.
Gray takes great use of logos in the text. She refers to countless of similar incidents in the human history, bringing multiple examples: “As everything from Leonardo da Vinci’s helicopter designs to Arthur C Clarke’s bombs in space has proved, if we can dream it, we can do it.” (ll 25-27, p 1)
Ethos is also used in the text as she draws several parallels to not just history, but generally similar cases. Muriel Gray avoids using pathos, creating a feeling of the entire matter being above our personal, emotional