The Worker Next Door

In the sample The Worker Next Door pen by Dr. Chris Chiswick, the author addresses the illegal immigrant caper in America, and gives several questionable reasons how if the flow of illegal immigrants were deterred, jobs would still be filled, and liveness would go on as usual, or even better. Dr. Chiswick wrote a non too convincing essay, having many places where he could have improved or even left out received parts of his essay that would have made this writing better, and more realistic to his audience.I spotted a couple areas where the author went on a topaz of barely related areas to illegal immigration. Along with that, it doesnt really seem like he tried to appeal to ethos too much, but gives some tutelage to logos and pathos early on in the essay and at the end. The first paragraph of this essay is a rhetorical question that asks how different life would be if illegal immigrants were not in the rude doing low-class, low-skilled, and low-wage jobs that most Americans would not do.This question is a good way to start the essay, making the reader speak up a little, and get more interested in the topic while also revealing the authors purpose to persuade the reader into thinking that illegal immigration is not necessary for the American economy. This purpose is hinted throughout the course of the essay, but is most obvious in his thesis in paragraph eight. As the essay progresses, it becomes clearer that Chiswicks audience is the American public who live in states with high illegal immigration, specifically from Mexico, as his title so subtly states.Not so subtle in his essay however, is his claim in the third to last paragraph, where he states that Less frequent lawn mowing and washing of hotel sheets and towels would curve air, noise, and water pollution in the bargain. . Chiswick can have all the Ph. D. s in the world, but its not going to hold in illegal immigration from Mexico a realistic strain on pollution in America. While the author ma y not do too well on appealing to ethos, he does make an attempt to make up for it on logos, when he gives data from the U. S. ensus, saying that 64% of lowskill jobs were done by native born Americans while only 36% were foreign born.The problem that I had with this is that no where in this statistic does it mention illegal aliens, which this essay is supposedly about. If illegal immigration is such a big concern for this man, then wherefore does he have to resort to a barely related statistic to get support from? This leaves us to the last appeal available, pathos. Chiswick used pathos most patently and strongly in the last paragraph, with a hint of ethos, to give a final attempt in convincing his readers.His entire essay up to this post is about how America would be far better off economically without illegal immigration from Mexico, but then he quickly turns from criticizing and blaming aliens to praising the reputation of the American public and economy. If his strong attem pt at the use of ethics by showing he knows a little American history does not impress a simple high school student, I cant imagine what his informed, educated, and mature audience would think. Have you noticed how in this really essay, there doesnt seem to be a nice flow between topics, and that things may at times, seem fairly irrelevant to the subject at hand?This is how i felt while reading The Worker Next Door. Chiswicks organization is flawed, jumping from claim to claim without any real club between the two. It might be just me, but I dont really see the link between suggesting bad hygiene ( Hotels and motels could reduce the frequency of changing sheets and towels to every third day) and how home owners could switch grass species. If Chiswick knew his audience properly, he would know that Americans are generally lazy, and we are acquiring lazier(CNN).At first, I thought Chiswick was a reasonable guy. He pull downed out how places with little to no illegal immigration stil l had groceries bagged, lawns cut, and hotel sheets changed. But what he failed to point out was that these places are usually small towns out in the middle of nowhere, where the standard of living is lower, and the local economy is stagnant. Not fully thinking his bidding through hurt the credibility of his essay, and the ridiculous claim that illegal immigration contributes to our pollution is absurd.Chiswicks essay could have been much better than this. Someone who has a Ph. D. in economics and is writing a persuasive essay should have many more sources, facts, and realistic examples. The strongest case Chiswick could come up with is that immigration is whimsical down the living standards for low-skilled workers, as if he were writing his essay to help them out. But these workers arent immigrating to a lower standard of living. Theyre immigrating to a country that has a much higher standard of living, even for low-income workers.