Analysis Of Denis Barons Summary DonT Make English...

Professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign and published writer, Denis Baron proposes in his essay, â€Å"Don’t Make English Official - Ban It Instead,† to not allow the English language to be spoken in the United States of America. His idea sprung from Congress considering passing a law to make English the official language of the United States. Baron’s purpose for writing the article was to put forth his opinion about the debate on if English should become the official language. He adopts a caustic tone while giving all perspectives and examples in order to expose the absurd arguments of others to his wide range audience. Baron begins his proposal by revealing the different viewpoints on Congress’†¦show more content†¦in America, making the creation of these items cheaper. On the side against the English language, Baron does not use the same kind of wording. Instead, he just uses basic, more simplistic words without a deeper meaning to show that he feels differently about each side. Baron is more passionate about promoting the English language so he uses powerful language. The basic wording about the opposition show that Baron is just explaining and stating facts. He displays both sides in order to show the positive and negative effects of the proposals and to lead up to what he has proposed. Baron also gives examples of other language choices for the United States. He explains multiple different languages and why each one would not be a good replacement for English. This allows the reader to fully grasp what he is trying to promote, which is that opposers of the English language are f oolish. Baron completely covers the topic of most languages so that he is not leaving any other language to question. French would not be a good option because he claims â€Å"the French blew their chance when they sold Louisiana† (888). Russian and Chinese were considered but immediately shot down because â€Å"[Russia is] having enough trouble taking over Russia† and â€Å"Chinese is too hard to write, especially if you’re not Chinese† (888). There are plenty more examples in the text that create the effect that Baron is going for. Baron debunks other languages to show how there is truly