f it's unreasonable. These analogies he uses looses credibility with him to certain audiences, such as younger adults. He compares incomparable events and because he used the facts he uses some might take these analogies as facts, this is done intentionally to make his argument stronger. Pipher's piece was more of a personal narrative. She uses little to no actual facts or numbers like Pollack did, but her piece still gets her point across just the same. "As we talk, the years fall away. We are back in junior high with the cliques, the shame, the embarrassment about bodies, the desire to be accepted and the doubts about ability."(Pipher p.246) This is a perfect example of her getting a valid point across without using any numerical data. Her anecdote seems to be more of a story than an explanation of why things are so, which made it easier for me to swallow but harder for me to except as reality. Pollack's was harder to accept because of the false analogies but easier to see as real because of the raw facts he uses. One who might find this hard to accept is that who he is talking about, a young man but a young woman reading Pipher's would understand what she is talking about and may even relate.As far as the writers expertise go, Pipher directly makes references to her wisdom on the topic stating "Before I studied psychology, I studied cultural anthropology."(Pipher p. 247) On the other hand Pollack does not do that, instead he shows his skill by research, facts, and data so he does not feel the need to list off his accomplishments in his field of study. ...
