Revenge of the Mouthbreathers: Introduction and conclusion

In the introduction, the author transmits a aggressive tone, this way the tone brings more attention to the topic and emphasizes her perspective and her point of view. Which's she arguing in favor of the smokers. Also, you can see in her words confidence and power because she clearly has experiences with this particular subject and as well as she knows what she wants to convey or express to the writer. She talks about many subjects in this introduction such as the gap between poor and rich (where she's defending a particular class which the working class). The decisions of the government about the different campaigns about cigarettes and the way the government tries to convinced us about cigarettes can be harmful for us.Additionally, she's talking about how the government chooses to ignore another harmful things like sugar and alcohol, but doesn't talk about, making cigarettes look more harmful. Finally, she refers to the racism as well. All of these arguments help her to build her thesis and as well as the evidences that support it.

The conclusion clarify what's her respond about the different ways that the government tries to make smokers to quit. She also points out that there are many other things that are harmful for the working class, but the government refuse to talk about it. Also, she wants the smokers to not quit just because someone said to do it. She courage them to keep on do it, as she says " our lives are actually for our enjoyment, not to make others' lives easier, cleaner, and lazier". With this, she demonstrates sympathy towards this people and how she cares about them.