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This 5 page paper considers three writings by Andrew Sullivan and analyzes his writing style, including how he organizes his material and what he writes about. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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In 2005, Sullivan wrote a piece entitled "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" that is so vivid it has become a classic. It begins "I believe in life," and
then uses that simple beginning as a springboard to state his personal philosophy (Sullivan). Sullivan may be a Republican, but his philosophy is very far from the hard right-wing rhetoric
we hear from many Republicans today. For instance, he says that life is a "sanctity that should never be destroyed," which we may take to be a statement that he
is against abortion as well as the right to die (Sullivan). But he also says that "within every physical body there endures an unalienable right to be free from coercion"
(Sullivan). That could be read as meaning that he doesnt believe in forcing women to bear unwanted children, for at times the anti-abortion forces are very coercive; it seems that
he has contradicted himself. But its more likely that he is simply discussing more than one possibility, and seeing value in all sides of the question. He believes in both
the sanctity of life and the sanctity of the individual. He writes that he believes in a government that protects the individuals right to live the life they want "free
from coercion," and further, he believes in a government that "sides with the individual against the claims of family and tribe and church and nation, that sees innocence before guilt
and dignity before stigma" (Sullivan). He also defends freedom of speech and the individuals right to "offend and blaspheme, as well as the right to convert and bear witness" (Sullivan).
He sees an interconnection among all the freedoms, and argues that they should apply to everyone "the freedom of the fundamentalist and the atheist, the female and the male, the
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