America is a country that claims it is the land of the free and stands on principles of democracy and easy going government, yet clearly today we are a time of separation within our government. In the online edition of The New Yorker, columnist and professor at NYU in Economics Paul Krugman wrote an article on "How America Was Lost." He addresses the divide today in political parties and the chaos that follows it. He uses rhetorical questions and slight humor to achieve his purpose of getting the audience to understand why the republican party has fallen so far off.
Krugman first uses a rhetorical question, where he asks those who are reading the New Yorker, "So why do I say that only one party has gone off the deep end?" He leaves this question up in the air for interpretation for the readers to answer it, but then answers it himself by telling readers to compare the Democratic Debates versus the Republican debates. This engages the audience yet provides an answer later for them to comprehend as well.
Krugman has the audience engaged, and uses slight humor to make his dull topic something of interest. As he finishes the article with a solution on how to make the republican party better, he adds, "Maybe we should all be wearing hats that say 'Make American Governable Again'." This adds something of humor to the article so that readers are left with a positive and light impression over a very serious topic, yet at the same time readers are given a viewpoint that is ironically true about our country.
America is a country that should be governed by those who agree with each other, and do not insult other politicians just to gain more votes from the people. Krugman uses rhetorical questions and appeals to pathos through adding humor in the article to inform the audience why the republican party has fallen into the deep end, and how we may be able to fix our government system.
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