Carr employs numerous strategies to influence the attitudes, actions, and beliefs of his audience. Interestingly, he doesn’t particularly aim his writing to a specific age group or a distinct group of people; he broadens his article because it can apply to anyone. Carr uses Google as a …show more content…
Right as Carr finally proves his point, proceeds to refer to himself as a “worrywart.” He completely criticizes the meaning of his entire argument- maybe the aspect of the Internet isn’t such a bad thing, after all. This has the audience in utter confusion, leaving them to make the decision on their own. Although, it is still apparent that Carr believes the Internet is drastically revamping our brains, and he makes note of that when he describes society evolving into “pancake people.” Carr uses one last strong connection with the audience at the end of this article by referring to the movie mentioned in the beginning of the article. He states, “It is our intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence,” (Carr 8) leaving the audience to question whether or not Google is actually making us