h as "Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls in droves."(Pipher p.241) You can hear the sincerity, the importance of this situation to her in her writing. At the same time she doesn't give any examples of what can be done to remedy this problem. She just recognizes that it is there and brings it to our attention in a story like setting; Pollacks tone seems to be more hostile and angry, "Boys are failing in school, our schools are failing our boys."(Pollack p. 262) This being the first sentence a reader sees, he starts the piece off directly and rigid. He recognizes that people notice this decline in performance by boys but he does not understand why it has not stopped. You can hear the indignation and frustration in his writing. He is upset about what is happening to male students in this country and he doesn't understand why it's happening hence the frustration. Each writer takes on these unique tones to elicit a response from the audience. The response they want is that of action, they do not want people to read, recognize, and sit. They want people to read, recognize, and act. With any topic dealing with children there will be an attempt at an emotional appeal to the audience, and I believe this to be true in both pipher's writing and Pollack's writing. Their style of writing also are different. Pollack uses fact after fact and percentages to back up his argument. "Indeed, 8th grader boys are 50% more likely to be held back than girls."(Pollack p.263) And that being just one of the many he uses to prove his point. He also adds false analogies to try to make his argument that much more effective, for example "Such lowered self-view does more than lead to school failure. It creates a pathway to drugs, violence, depression and suicide." (Pollack p.263) He gives nothing to support this claim, and by itsel...
