TOW #12

What if you were working at the same old job you've been working at for 10 years straight and you do not have a raise coming to you any time soon? This situation really happened, explained on the New York Times article. This article is about having trouble asking for a raise, after 10 years. The article is written by Rob Walker, a journalist, born on 1968 in Texas. The audience this article was composed for was for adults, considering that this article is mainly about jobs that people have been working in with experience. An important rhetorical strategy the author used to achieve his purpose was anecdotes. The main anecdote that he used was said in the beginning, when he was explaining that his boss was a close friend of his and he felt bad asking for a raise. He's been working in the job for 10 years straight. I personally think thats why this man did not get a raise, simply because he created a friendship with his boss. I think this would be his purpose. Keep your job professional. If you don't, you could risk your non-going raise. Another purpose this article could also have is if you want to change something, you have to do something or just to learn to adjust. The author explained this at the end and he was saying how he had to adjust to the situation since he did not want to feel the awkwardness and unpleasantness in the conversation. The author is a little not for switching jobs and he would rather stay in his job and keep silent, than trying to have the unpleasant talk with his boss. I think the author did an pretty good job with his purpose because he did have more than one purpose but he backed them each up well.