Essay Analysis

In English 101 I wrote an argumentative piece trying to convince my readers that the rich, or upper class, has more power in the government than they should. That was the purpose, and the audience was everyone else in our society who didn’t make millions of dollars a year. I had already experienced what I was trying to convince my audience of, but that wasn’t enough so I needed to get support from others as well. This somewhat affected my stance, since I had previously been exposed to instances where I felt that someone ‘rich’ was in charge of the government. I used a few sources on the subject to help support my argument, one of my sources being a man who actually deals with instances of the power abuse and tries to get them corrected legally. My overall message was that; people with money have more say in our government simply because they can pay people to do things for them or vote certain ways, and this outweighs what the average person is capable of doing by just voting. Throughout this piece I use examples of real life instances and expert testimonies to help build the argument in my favor and make it that much more difficult to counter. I do however feel that if I were to write this again now it would be that much better, only because I have more experience in writing and know where and how to find better sources to back myself and my opinion up.