Freakonomics Rhetorical Analysis

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Walking down the street, people just look at one another, never stopping to realize we have more in common with others then what we think. The authors of the book Freakonomics utilize the rhetorical device juxtaposition to prove how two seemingly disconnected things have so much in common to reveal an economic connection. Authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner do this by comparing Nature vs Nurture, Higher Class Names vs Lower Class Names, Crack gang vs Mcdonalds. What is the Nature and Nurture argument? Freakonomics introduces the idea of nature being something you are naturally giving from one another. For example, if your parents are smart then does that mean so will you? Or if your parents were criminals, does that mean you will be
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