Thank You For Arguing Summary

The purpose of Jay Heinrichs in the book, Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion, is to persuade and teach his readers about the rhetorical devices. Thank You For Arguing has been published in 12 languages, is one of the top 10 books assigned at Harvard and it is used in more than 3,000 college courses all around. There are many ways to win an argument without having to argue or get angry at your opponent; there are also many different strategies that you can use in order to make sure you defeat your opponent such as, logic, persuasion and goals which is why this book is worth the read and should continue to be used in English 1301. In the book, Heinrichs teaches his readers the many important points needed in order to win anger-free arguments. Heinrichs helps his audience understand how to defeat their opponent by using ethos, pathos and logos. He uses many real life situations as well as pop culture to give his readers a better understanding on how these devices are used. Throughout the book he stresses the importance of making sure you know your argument’s purpose in order to be able to strategize and defeat
Heinrichs would make these devices easy to understand because of the many kinds of examples used throughout the entire book. I feel that the author understands that most of his readers are young and so he makes the book easy to understand and relatable as well as not very long. As a student, I think colleges should continue using this book because I feel that there can be many activities that can be done out of this book, and they’re not too difficult, as well as this book is overall not too long and doesn’t take a long time to