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Within Annie Murphy Paul's essay, it is argued that reading does have an impact on humans. She began her essay with the counter argument given by Gregory Currie; "we ought not to claim that literature improves us as people." Not only that but she does provide Currie's credibility, stating that he is a philosophy professor. Annie Murphy Paul proceeds to incorporate dictation and factual research to slowly build up her persuasive passage.
In the second paragraph of her article, Paul states the credentials of her information as well as the source. The investigation demonstrates how reading literature appears to make readers more emphatic and understanding. Paul once more takes research done by Britain's National Literacy Trust that validates her

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