Monday, July 27, 2009

Poor New Jersey

The article starts off by saying "once again it's time to look for the silver lining." The reader automatically knows this is sarcasm and therefore the article must be pointing out the mistakes that the people leading our country have made. Collins' main point is that there are a lot of mistakes and problems, but New Jersey is in the worst position. A corruption sweep in NewJersey caught three mayors, two state assemblymen, five rabbis and a guy running an organ-trafficking business using the population of Moldova. Of course this all leads into a mess of firing and imprisonment and so on. At the end of the article she quickly adds in a little humor that so far everyone still has their kidneys.

Collins' writes her article with sarcasm and humor. The reader can feel her laughing at who she is writing about, portraying them as idiots, and this makes it more interesting to read. Her view lightens things up and makes it less boring and serious, which is refreshing and needed once in a while. I like reading her articles because all of them seem to have this same theme of sarcasm and laughter about what mess the government is in this time and not many of the other columnists write this way.

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