Although, I may have not hit the nail on the head with this one, I still feel you can see my development of analytical skills compared to my metaphor essay.

Obesity is a major concern too Americans. It seems as if, being fat is not right or not usual, as it’s a big reason as to why people are bullied or shamed. But is being fat really being bad? Michael Hobbes in an article for HuffPost called “Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong”, he challenges the thought that obesity is bad and shed light on the subject matter using various methods and tools in his writing.

Hobbes’ intro was quite compelling, he used analogies to portray the seriousness of obesity. He compared it to scurvy, a diseases that continuously took peoples lives for centuries. He said that the worse part of the fatal disease, was that a way to prevent getting the disease had already existed. He then compared it to other things that had solutions, but the solutions weren’t implemented until after suffering had occurred, such as a seat belt for cars. This makes sense because obesity is a growing trend in many countries today, yet people are still bullied and shamed for it, even though many solutions have been discovered to stop this, and information from as long ago as 1969 supports that typical weight loss solutions such as diets are difficult. Hobbes’ use of metaphors in the introduction, perfectly display his thesis that more people should be informed about obesity, to make for a better society.

Hobbes did a lot of research to expose to the public what obesity truly is and how the way others treat obese people affects their mental and emotional health, leading to affects on their physical health as well. The methods in which Hobbes’ used to gain this information was mainly firsthand accounts. He interviewed many people who were obese and got to be able to understand the truth behind obese peoples’ emotions. He also used many other sources for statistical research in order to back up his claims.

The results of Hobbes’ research supported his claim thoroughly. He found that the notions put forward by society about obese people were not necessarily true. He found that most people he interviewed were brought up with the same level disgust toward obese people that many people in society have. He shed light on the fact that many people aren’t even obese by choice. Some people genetically are built to be that way. Many people who are obese are metabolically healthy despite the normal persons view, that people are obese due to their decisions and lifestyles. He also found that some non-obese people were unhealthier than some obese people. In the interviews Hobbes had with obese people, he found the results of the torment that people in society put on these people. He was able to see the impact on their mental health as well as their physical well beings. Some obese people try to starve themselves in order to “become skinnier” but they don’t lose very much weight and instead become anemic. However, even though the signs are there that these people have eating disorders, they are not diagnosed with anything because the doctors believe they should keep doing what they’re doing some they can become skinnier.

Hobbes utilizes his methodology and his results, quite often throughout his article. The structure of his writing is neat and is built on a simple pattern of accompanying every method with its immediate result, rather than going through all his methods of research then giving the results. The structure of his article leads to a better understanding and more compelling work. It keeps the reader interested by supporting every claim he makes with his results.

As for Hobbes’ discussion, it is quite different from most. He didn’t have any real concrete solution to change how people act or change who they are. He said the only real way to fix the “problem” that is obesity is to accept it. The only way for people to be content with they look, not be mentally unstable and to live a healthier lifestyle is to accept who they are. He conveys these not by just saying what he believes by presenting the progress toward happiness that obese people are pursuing. He even goes on to support fat acceptance movements demonstrating to the reader how simple fixing these issues are.

Overall, Hobbes used various way to craft an excellent article. He started with a metaphor to grab the reader in whilst making obesity into an already curable disease. He then presents all of his research, immediately accompanied with its specific result. This is what keeps the reader drawn in and opens their minds to the results. Then he finishes the article strongly, with setting an example for the reader and presenting the reader with an easy to do solution to help fix the problems he brought attention to throughout the essay. The structure of the article was neat and put in an easy to follow form. However, most of all, he most likely left the reader satisfied with his rhetoric.

Works CIted

Hobbes, Michael. “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 19 Sept. 2018, highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/.

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