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Computers are a convenient and versatile machinery that makes completing everyday tasks, such as homework, easier. Bonnie Laing describes pencils as “wonderfully single-minded” I believe that this is a good thing, as well as a bad thing. Computers can do so much that I often find myself distracted when I’m supposed to do homework. My procrastination while using a pencil was never really anything more than doodling, but on my laptop it is several buzzfeed quizzes. Aside from that, I believe that computers are beneficial, and they do not necessarily have to be expensive.

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Computers are a convenient and versatile machinery that makes completing everyday tasks, such as homework, easier. Bonnie Laing describes pencils as “wonderfully single-minded” I believe that this is a good thing, as well as a bad thing. Computers can do so much that I often find myself distracted when I’m supposed to do homework. My procrastination while using a pencil was never really anything more than doodling, but on my laptop it is several buzzfeed quizzes. Aside from that, I believe that computers are beneficial, and they do not necessarily have to be expensive.

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Computers are a convenient and versatile machinery that makes completing everyday tasks, such as homework, easier. Bonnie Laing describes pencils as “wonderfully single-minded” I believe that this is a good thing, as well as a bad thing. Computers can do so much that I often find myself distracted when I’m supposed to do homework. My procrastination while using a pencil was never really anything more than doodling, but on my laptop it is several buzzfeed quizzes. Aside from that, I believe that computers are beneficial, and they do not necessarily have to be expensive.

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Computers are a convenient and versatile machinery that makes completing everyday tasks, such as homework, easier. Bonnie Laing describes pencils as “wonderfully single-minded” I believe that this is a good thing, as well as a bad thing. Computers can do so much that I often find myself distracted when I’m supposed to do homework. My procrastination while using a pencil was never really anything more than doodling, but on my laptop it is several buzzfeed quizzes. Aside from that, I believe that computers are beneficial, and they do not necessarily have to be expensive.

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Laing uses pathos to persuade her audience by using real life, emotional situations and inputting it as a personification to the pencil. In the text she says “My therapist claims that acknowledging the superior partner in a destructive relationship is the first step toward recovery.” In this quote she used a destructive relationship going through therapy as the real

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She persuades a lot in the last couple paragraphs about how pencil is better than a computer.  She does not use the opinion of other technology users and only uses her own opinion. The best she did was mentioning price between technology and a pencil

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Laing uses pathos to persuade her audience by using real life, emotional situations and inputting it as a personification to the pencil. In t

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Computers are very important and help you get your work done faster, but there are still a lot of cons about it. You can be easily distracted because there are a lot of things to do on a computer like watching videos, playing games, and many other things. Pencils are there when your computer stops working, when there is no electricity there is no way to get your computer running but you can still use your pencil. Computers are really useful in many other ways but there is always going to be times when a pencil is superior than a computer.

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Liang implies that people need to have a socio-economic privilege and/or higher class privilege to own a computer or device. Such quotes like “I couldn’t figure out how spending $3000 on a molded piece of plastic was going to make me wealthier,” shows that she really doesn’t like computers, if she needs to use hyperbole to make them seem so worthless. And $3000 is an amount of money that mostly higher class people can pay without worrying they are in debt. People also must have an ability privilege to use the computer properly.

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Computers are a convenient and versatile machinery that makes completing everyday tasks, such as homework, easier. Bonnie Laing describes pencils as “wonderfully single-minded” I believe that this is a good thing, as well as a bad thing. Computers can do so much that I often find myself distracted when I’m supposed to do homework. My procrastination while using a pencil was never really anything more than doodling, but on my laptop it is several buzzfeed quizzes. Aside from that, I believe that computers are beneficial, and they do not necessarily have to be expensive.

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The author of "An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil" implies on socio-economic privilege and class privilege, because you cannot buy a computer without money. In the text the author says “...I couldn’t figure out how spending $3,000 on a piece of molded plastic was going to make me wealthier”. The author states that a computer could cost up to $3,000, which is a big investment and can only be afforded by high class people. This leads me to infer that Liang has a high class status, since she was able to afford one. She is also impling to the privilege of ability because you must be able to use the technology that you are purchasing.

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iang wanted the intended audience for her text to be adults because since this story was made a little while ago, computers would not have been used by many kids, mainly adults because they would use it for work. She also uses older references throughout the text such as " I pointed out that Chaucer was a pretty good writer even though he used a quill, and Dickens managed to produce 15 novels and numerous collections of short stories without so much as a typewriter."

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In the story “An Ode to the User Friendly Pencil” by Bonnie Laing there is conflict between the author and technology. Bonnie demonstrates her conflict with technology by insisting that the pencil is better: "I’ve never had to boot a pencil, to interface with it or to program it. I just write with it.” By referring to the issues a computer has, she shows how the pencil can make life more simple. Bonnie's diction in reference to the computer, saying one must "boot," "interface," or "program" it reveals its complexity. On the other hand, she insists with a pencil one can "just write." Through her use of diction related to the computer as opposed to the pencil, Bonnie reveals her conflict with technology.

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``.... I pointed out that Chaucer was a pretty good writer even though he used a quill…`` Laing uses ethos to persuade her audience because since she is a writer herself, she can compare herself to other writers that use pencils to write, just like she prefers to do. She can make the audience trust her because she is a writer and she knows what she is talking about, since she has personal experience writing stories with pencils.

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Liang implies that people must have socio-economic privilege to own a computer. This is exemplified by her referring to computers as being “expensive” and “three-thousand dollars” on various occasions. One can infer that Liang believes that people who own computers must have socio-economic privilege through that alone, as people in poverty cannot likely afford expensive and “useless”--as it is implied that Liang believes that of computers (at least in relation to the pencil, by calling it a "piece of molded plastic")--things. Although other privileges can be inferred, Laing does not imply them to the extent of socio-economic privilege.

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The intended audience in this text are adults because she uses older references as well as it feels like she wants to sway the opinion of adults considering the purchase of a computer. She was also an adult herself and her adult friends were trying to influence her as said in the text " I was persuaded to make this investment by well-meaning friends who said the word-processing capacity of a computer would make me a better writer." So it would make more sense if she was trying to prove them wrong.

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Laing uses pathos to persuade her audience by using relatable, emotional situations and inputting it as a personification to the pencil. In the text she says “My therapist claims that acknowledging the superior partner in a destructive relationship is the first step toward recovery.” In this quote she used a destructive relationship going through therapy as the real life situation. She creates situations where some of the readers can emotionally relate. Even if they had not gone through a destructive relationship she stated 'the first step toward recovery" everyone has been through a time where they are having trouble handling something and want to get better at it.

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I think she makes a fair point, sometimes using pen and paper is easier rather then doing something online. Like math for example. On the contrary, I’m a hands on learner and sometimes learning something off a screen can feel a bit two-dimensional and  feels more like memorization rather then learning.

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The intended audience for this text is for adults and seniors because Laing uses complex and harder words which may be for a older audience. Also, that she explains why she likes pencils better than computer and there maybe some people doing a job wondering to use a pencil or computer. Finally, there may be some people out there her age wondering should I get a computer or stick to pencil because there used to using pencils and may think that computers are going to be hard to use.

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She is a writer talking about writing,  she makes people trust her because she is knowledgeable about the topic. For example  she pointed out that "Chaucer was a pretty good writer even though he used a quill, and Dickens managed to produce 15 novels and numerous collections of short stories without so much as a typewriter." This proves that she  is knowledgeable in writing, which makes people believe that she knows what she is talking about.

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I think the method of development Laing uses throughout the text is compare and contrast. Throughout the text the author compares the pencil to the computer. Laing talks about mainly the benefits of pencils and negatives of computers/technology which is comparing and contrasting.For example, in paragraph 9 the narrator says “Compared to a computer, a pencil takes up far less space on a desk and it can be utilized in a car, bathroom or a telephone booth without the aid of batteries. You can even use one during an electrical storm. Pencils don’t cause eye strain.” In this section the pencil is being compared to the computer and said to be better than the computer. Also the key word compared was used which is important in compare and contrast texts. Other terms that fall under compare and contrast are used in the text as well.

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Liang wanted the intended audience for her text to be adults because since this story was made a little while ago, computers would not have been used by many kids, mainly adults because they would use it for work. She also uses older references throughout the text such as " I pointed out that Chaucer was a pretty good writer even though he used a quill, and Dickens managed to produce 15 novels and numerous collections of short stories without so much as a typewriter."

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Laing uses pathos to persuade the audience by using emotional real life situations, and blaming it on the computer.

She talks about people losing their jobs to machinery.  This can make the reader pity/relate to the people who have lost their jobs. Losing your job to a computer can completely ruin your life, if you can't find another job. She also, compares how smart you are to parts of metal with a programmed software. Both these points can make someone feel inferior to a computer. This is how Laing makes the reader feel emotion when reading her text, to help you agree. This is how she uses pathos.

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The conflict in “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil” is Man vs. Technology. Throughout the text, Liang continuously talks about how pencils are more efficient than computers. In majority of the paragraphs, there would be bias towards pencils and how they were more superior to technology. For example, in the sentence “Compared to a computer, a pencil takes up far less space on a desk and it can be utilized in a car, bathroom or a telephone booth without the aid of batteries. You can even use one during an electrical storm.”, you can clearly understand the bias towards the pencil, as she is comparing the efficiency of a pencil and computer together. She includes information about previous famous authors and how they were successful with a pencil, and not using technology or even a typewriter.

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Laing uses compare / contrast and facts and statistics throughout her text. She compares the pencil and computer saying how the pencil is superior to technology in many ways. She uses facts such as saying that pencils don’t break down and you don’t need a lot of money to get it repaired or to get a new one. By comparing the two, she makes the readers really think about which is superior to the other.

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In this text Liang implies that people need class privilege and socio-economic privilege to own a computer. In this part of the text “...I couldn’t figure out how spending $3,000 on a piece of molded plastic was going to make me wealthier.” The fact she includes the price makes it sound like a computer is really expensive and that at the end  of that quote she says “to make me wealthier” could entail that she already is wealthy.

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The conflict in the text “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil” by Bonnie Laing was a man vs technology conflict, I think this because throughout the whole text the protagonist was against technology. For example “ To start with the purchase decision, you don’t have to ask for a bank loan to buy a pencil. Since most pencils are not manufactured in Japan, you don’t feel you’re upsetting the nation’s balance of trade by buying one.” This is something she states in the texts, one of the reasons a pencil wins over a computer but she is not mention some very important points. one of the points she left out was the fact that pencils break which means it's something you need to repurchase many times, and money does add up. Although computers are very expensive you really only need to buy it once and take care of it and it will last you many years.