Motivation In Wmd's Analysis

Eleora Salvador
Ms.Levine
English 9H
1 November 2017
Motivation in WMD’s
The author of “WMD’s”, Brian O’Conner,
uses his motivational voice that attracts his target
audience. Brian O’ Conner uses a motivational
voice to write about the life of Chuck Liddell. Who
exactly is the target audience?

His motivational voice attracts people
who work in accounting or have boring business
jobs telling them that they can become a UFC
fighter. When O’Conner first interviews Chuck
Liddell he finds out that Liddell has a degree in
accounting and a minor in business. O'Connor then
finds out that nearly 80% of all Ultimate Fighters
have a least some sort of college education or even
degrees. “In respect they are just like

you”
O’Conner writes suggesting that people with
business jobs can become UFC fighters if they
wanted to. “And then it becomes clear that
Liddell, like most professional fighters, has made a
decision: to reject the life of the suit and the
cubicle and revert to the most primal of
instincts”(45.4) this shows that Chuck Liddell
would have been an office worker if he didn’t
become a National Fighter. Young men that have
office jobs and want to be fit can be if they tried.

The authors motivational voice also attracts a young or middle aged group of men. Towards the end of the article when, O’Conner is telling the reader about how Liddell’s job isn’t unlike yours he says “ You’re competing in a global economy against younger guys looking to supplant you”(45.10). O’Conner is saying how everyone competes in life. Life is a competition with many obstacles in the way. Younger better guys are competing against you for jobs and money. Don’t let them get in the way of you trying to reach your goals. Do everything with your best effort and motivate yourself to do your best so you can accomplish your goals in life.

O’Conner uses a motivational voice to attract young men who have office jobs. He tells them that you can do what you want to do. If you sit in a cubicle all day and you want to be more active you can be just like Chuck Liddell you can accomplish great things.