Write An Argumentative Essay On Being Affluenza

On June 15, 2013, Ethan Couch was found drunk and intoxicated a quarter mile away from his rolled truck. His recklessness injured 9 people, paralyzing one, and killed four others. Very quickly indicted on four cases of intoxication manslaughter and driving under the influence, Couch’s parents were desperate to keep their family name from being any further damages by their son going to prison. Being wealthy, they could afford the best lawyer, who pulled in a psychologist which got Couch away with only a sentence of ten years probation after rehabilitation. The defense on why Couch shouldn’t of been given jail time was stated to be a unique disease that only America’s wealthiest have; that disease being “Affluenza.” This term pokes fun at the term
In the midst of the affluent lifestyles becoming the norm and influencing nearly every family in America, John De Graaf built a small team to produce a documentary for the PBS, titled Affluenza. The documentary poked fun at the affluent lifestyles people led, saying it was a disease that needed treatment before it spread further. The program struck gold in the viewer population, who loved it and watched it over and over again, passing around tapes, documents and transcripts. The popularity of the documentary led to the production of a sequel, titled Escape from Affluenza, which focused specifically on the so called cures for the disease. Pulling as much attention as the first, viewers wanted more from De Graaf and co. Providing what the viewers want, they wrote a novel based on their concept of affluenza, titled Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic. Following the lead of the documentaries, the novel dug deeper into the topics discussed and presented more evidence, cases and