Assignment # 1: The Elements of Argument & Analyzing Them in an Article by Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton’s argument meant not a lot. It seemed to me like he supported environmentalism which was a good thing. It also seemed to me that he had some heavy stocks and investments in DDT back in the day that got ruined. He attacked that as one of his biggest bites against environmentalism. The Environmental Protection Agency is a joke like he said. But if the government would hire people who are actually specialist and not paid to do nothing about key issues that wouldn’t be a problem. The way I see it is that the world wants to fix the problems they are creating with the environment just aren’t willing to change what they are doing. Crichton is arguing about how environmentalism is spinning in the wrong direction. He focuses on how it is needed but how it is also abused. Crichton compares environmentalism to religion in his argument. I think he said this for people to think about their own faith and beliefs concerning the environment and their religion. Although I support the basis that religion and environmentalism both are beliefs but they should not be categorized the same. Hell, if people all love potato chips and it is a common belief they can’t make a “religion” out of it either. Crichton backs all of his information up on how we should focus environmentalism on science. Environmental issues along with most important issues should back everything up on proven science. If he had more science facts in his argument the argument would be a lot stronger.