In " Dadbod: A New Time for a
Timeless Physique" by Spencer Kornhaber, he writes that ‘The dad bod says, ‘I go to the gym occasionally, but I
also drink heavily on the weekends and enjoy eating eight slices of pizza at a
time.’” This is the line I feel
is his thesis statement. I say this because in the rest of the article he
justifies why that statement makes sense. He also makes points as to why women,
including myself think that it is pretty smoking to have a man with a dadbod. Having
a dadbod doesn’t mean that he his morbidly obese or even not taking good care
of his figure, but that he cares just enough to keep his body intact and “decent”…
Sort of like casual figure watching. He doesn’t have rock-hard abs but he doesn’t
have saddlebags, muffin top and that whole shebang…He’s just right. Besides
most of us know good and well that guys our age and maybe a tad bit older DO
NOT by any sense have an ACTUAL dadbod. Hell, some of them don’t even have ACTUAL
beer guts. PREFERENCES AND PERCEPTION!!!
In the “Death of Pretty”
by Pat Archbold, I look at the sentence “For the purposes of this piece, I
define pretty as a mutually enriching balanced combination of beauty and
projected innocence.” As the
thesis statement because of the mere fact he/she is PROVIDING their own
definition of “pretty”. I didn’t like this article because everyone lives their
life with a mixture of their own opinion of pretty and society’s opinion of
pretty. You are what you make of yourself.
I found your post about the two articles interesting because you integrated the use of quotes to back up your information and further prove your point. I like this because, as a reader, it helped me to see your point of view and from there generate my own conclusions or new conclusions about what I thought the two articles were about. I also likes how you incorporated words such as "shebang" and "just right" which to me provided some comic relief in what to me is a pointless article. However, you did go into greater detail in the "DAD BOD" article than you did in the " The death of pretty", but nonetheless I liked how you pointed out what you thought to be the thesis statement of the piece. I also liked how you included commentary to assert your point after the quotes. Personally, I would have talked more about how girls prefer to be "hot" as opposed to "pretty" and maybe some more quotes or commentary to enhance the blog itself. Overall, though I must say that after reading both articles I was pleased to read your input and it helped me to generate my own conclusions and see your viewpoint from a new perspective.
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