Robert Wright's Article "The Evolution Of Despair"

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at some point, has experienced the feelings that Wright
describes. And with the pronoun ‘we' Wright tells his readers, ‘Yes, I
have been through the same things.' This sort of statement is like a token
of good will. The readers feel that Wright understands their plight and
thus are more likely to listen to what he has to say.
With this trust established, Wright moves on to the task of
building confidence in his readers. He lives up to his title of science
writer by providing various statistics ("As of 1993, 37% of Americans felt
they could trust most people, down from 58% in 1960" (4).) and reporting
the findings of numerous professors and scientists ("The anthropo-logist
Phillip Walker has studied the bones of more than 5,000 children from
hundreds of preindustrial cultures, dating back to 4,000 B.C." (2).). This
serves a three-fold purpose: 1) to give credibility to the article, 2) to
provide subject matter on which Wright can comment, and 3) to ...

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