Embraced by the Needle

The Author: Gabor Mate

• Hungarian, born in 1944, emigrated to Canada in 1956
• Main focuses are addiction, Attention Deficit Disorder, and the connection between mental and physical health.
• 4 books to his credit relating to deficit disorder, stress, developmental psychology and addiction

Covering

• What is the author trying to say?
• Is the author informing us or trying to persuade us? Is the article easy to read?
• Does the author use one specific or multiple writing vessels to get his point across?
• Our conclusion

A brief summary:

Language and Purpose:

• Is the Author trying to persuade, educate, or inform?
• Did the author use a simple language style to appeal to a multitude of readers? Or a complex style?What tools does the author use to help get his point across?
• What tools does the author use to help get his point across?

Tones: Angry? Compassionate? Indifferent?
What tones did the author primarily use and how effective were they?
Were the tones easily detected?

Rhetoric: The not so lost form of persuasion

• "The first time I did heroin," she said, "it felt like a warm, soft hug."
• "For any drug to work in the brain, the nerve cells have to have receptors -- sites where the drug can bind"
• Use of patient's stories
• Use of scientific facts

Concluding thoughts:

• Does the author convey what he intended?
• Was it engaging enough to keep your interest?
• What we took away from the article.

Works sited:

• Mate, Gabor
• Essay Essentials with Reading
• Sarah Norton, Brian Green, and Rhonda Dynes
• Embraced by the Needle
• Embraced by the NeedleSarah Norton, Brian Green, and Rhonda Dynes
• Sarah Norton, Brian Green, and Rhonda Dynes6th edition
• Nelson
• 2014
• pp.298-300

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