James Walpole Persuasive Speech

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dear Daily Mail editing house, James Dellingpole, in this article, summarises his views of the new critically acclaimed GTA V to the public, as insinuated by the title. His uncertainties that the game (Grand Theft Auto V) will outflow into civilization - that it will root fierceness and crime into the streets of Britain... His goal, although uncertain, can be unravelled to raise awareness but also to foreshadowing what this game may do to humanity. Yet he fails to comprehend that crime rates are failing every year. He fails to establish his prejudiced comment he articulates in his title. The author (James Dellingpole) introduces the reader to “Torture and murder”- in his online article. This title may appear as controversial, due to the context …show more content…

Dellingpole, in this article outlets his concern of the influences that Grand Theft Auto will have on society, particularly teenagers. At first, he addresses the target audience by stating that the game has an 18 rating... 'It will be ignored by thousands of younger teenagers'. By doing this not only does Mr. Dellingpole blame his online viewers but insults them. Using his tone, he is suggesting the 'younger teenagers' don't have the responsibility to know not to buy the game, it may even be linked back to the shop clerks saying how they sell the game to younger teenagers, or maybe parents that they allow their children to buy over 18 games. However, this is very ironic as his stepson played the game, which in this case makes him the irresponsible one to allow 'younger teenagers' to play the game. After, his first comment on teenagers, he then states ‘but whether the games teenage target... is so readily capable of making such distinctions, I'm not nearly so sure’. Not once but twice does Dellingpole insult his viewers, he's belittling his audience and automatically assumes himself as more wise and intelligent. Essentially, teenagers are incapable in making basic distinctions. To the vast amount of teenagers out there, this is very insulting; this targeting of teenagers could cause the company, to lose its credibility and to produce fair, unbiased

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