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Prompt: Analysis of 'The Population Issue' by Thái An
I. Overview
II. Sample Essay
Analyzing Thái An's Text: 'The Population Issue'
I. Outline for Analyzing Thái An's 'The Population Issue' (Standard)
1. Introduction
- Addressing the population issue, current family planning
- Providing an overview of 'The Population Issue' text (background, content value, artistic value, ...)
2. Main Body
a. Addressing the issue of population growth and family planning
- Presenting the hypothesis of the population issue, family planning has been proposed since ancient times.
- Expressing personal viewpoint:
+ Initially, the author didn't believe in it because, in the author's opinion, 'the issue of population and family planning has only been raised in recent decades'.
+ Later, the author 'woke up', admitting that it is the truth...(Continued)
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II. Sample Essay Analyzing Thái An's 'The Population Issue' (Standard)
Throughout history, population has always been a crucial issue, capturing the attention of people and societies not only in Vietnam but worldwide. Thái An's text 'The Population Issue' has provided a relatively profound analysis and discussion of this urgent and pressing issue for the whole society.
Right from the introduction, author Thái An has uniquely and captivatingly addressed the issue of population and family planning. Skillfully leading readers to the population issue through ancient population stories, the author then presents their viewpoint on the current population issue. Initially, the author was skeptical because, in their view, 'the population issue and family planning have only been raised in recent decades'. But later, the author 'saw the light', admitting it as the truth. With a natural, simple, and authentic introduction, the author brings up the issue of population and family planning to the readers. Additionally, the author wants the readers to 'see the truth' like they did.
Furthermore, the author delves deeper into the population issue and family planning from ancient times to the present. Firstly, the author presents the ancient problem, the problem of the smart house's son-in-law selection. It's the task of arranging rice into 64 squares according to geometric progression, a task not difficult but difficult for anyone to accomplish because no one can have enough rice to arrange in those squares. From that story, the author wants to compare it with the current population growth rate, which is rapidly increasing to a massive number. Moreover, the author provides evidence of the current population growth rate with specific and accurate data. Those are the figures on the population growth rate. The author presents a hypothesis that if at the beginning of time, the world's population only had Adam and Eve, by the year 1995, the world's population would have reached 6.53 billion. That's a staggering population growth rate. The author also presents vivid figures on women's fertility rates like 'an Indian woman is 4.5; Nepalese: 6.3; Rwandan: 8.1; ... With those specific figures, the author once again emphasizes to us that the world's population growth rate is very fast and it's a massive figure, like the rice grains on the chessboard in the ancient problem the author brought up. Furthermore, through those figures, the author also wants to explain to the readers that the population growth rate is closely related and has a close connection with the natural fertility rate of women.
Based on the evidence presented on the world's population growth rate, in the final part of the text, author Thái An issues a warning and calls on everyone to reduce the population growth rate: 'Don't let each person on this Earth be reduced to an area of one grain of rice. To make the journey to the 64th square longer, the better.' The author's warning, advice, though gentle, is profound, hoping everyone will contribute to reducing the population growth rate, effectively implementing family planning.
