Superbugs

John Bachman-Paternoster, the author of “Antibiotics & Superbugs: The Future of Health,” lost his father due to two superbug infections in March of 2017. This is what set off his curiosity and anger towards the overuse of antibiotics and the resulting superbugs. A superbug is a bacteria, like MRSA, that is resistant to antibiotics so it is incredibly hard to treat and slow down. These superbugs are impossible to stop due to over prescribed antibiotics and insertion of antibiotics within our everyday food production. Throughout this essay, the author did a good job structuring the way he used his emotional and logical reasoning in order to inform the readers of this topic. Once you have caught the reader’s attention with the facts, it is best to connect with them through an emotional appeal. This helps the audience fully understand the concern and have them possibly relate it to their own life so they actually listen and take caution to the issue being presented. In this case, it is best to provide a fact from a researcher or medical based professional about a superbug and then connect the idea to a personal story like the writer did with about his father. Also, through his word choice and sentence structure, he did a good job controlling his overall tone which helps maintain the connection between the author and the audience. One example where the author utilized these key ways, was when he informed the reader of what a superbug actually is and the danger of it, and then connected it to the death of his father. By using a logical appeal and then connecting it to an emotional appeal, it helps to further push the point and get the reader thinking.