RA : Killer Culture

Amanda Gamban

Professor Knapp

English 1A

21 April 2013

Rhetorical Analysis: “Killer Culture”

            David Kupelian the author of the article “Killer Culture” has written many other articles such as, “7 Radical Things that would happen if Obama is Reelected” and “Why conservatives are abandoning the ‘Gay’ issued”.  Most of his articles are issues of the American people with conservative points of view. The main audience that he is trying to reach for this article is parents, so he could inform them of the affects and outcome of this generation before it is too late. The audience is also intended for other conservatives and republican Americans who share the same beliefs as him. The audience reaction to this article if they did not share the same beliefs as him would be shocked and possibly insulted.

            In this article the text demonstrates a character and tone that engages the reader.  The type of character that Kupelian uses within the text is formal due to the large amount research and evidence. He also engages the reader by characterizing the text academically as he is trying to inform the reader along with the use of hip vocabulary. Even though his style of text is demonstrated well his sense tone is ignorant, too serious, and maddening. Even though he supports his opinions with evidence he over states his view by thinking that every teenager will end up horrible if affected by MTV, tattoos, rap music or corporations like Disney, which is certainly is wrong and disrespectful.

What Kupelian is trying to accomplish in this article is to persuade the reader that corporations, rap music, TV shows, tattoos etc. create outcomes that are extremely horrendous and negatively influence this new generation of teenagers and kids. For example describes to the reader that today children are exposed and strongly influenced by a toxic attraction to trends. Such as “gangster nation” as Kupelian explains that this cool trend is where kids are trying to act more black or gangster by how they dress and act. Not only does he adopt a strong attitude against today’s generation he reviles that the only way to make sure your child doesn’t end up corrupted is by not exposing to today’s society at all . His point of view is unmistakably shown throughout the entire article. In this article his supports his text by not only by research but by comparing this generation to what past generations have done and his own personal experiences.

In “Killer Culture” Kupelian arranges the article so the reader can easily comprehend his perspective and evidence he found. He thoroughly integrates his opinions and points of view with in his information. How he displays his work makes it easier for the reader to understand where he is coming from. By breaking his topics into sections the reader can see many different examples of how Kupelian see’s this generation of teenagers as a “ Killer Culture”. He strongly emphasizes on the negativity that this new generation brings instead of the good things, which can reveal too much bias to the reader and minimize the view of how teenagers really are. Kupelian’s intentions are only sought to be good but depending how the reader reacts to his use of ignorant language and far-right views this article come across as a slap to the face of how this generation has become.