Though one may not grasp the argumentative stance John Dicker presents in United States of Wal-Mart from glancing at its title, within the first few paragraphs, it becomes apparent that the writer is impartial to the popular convenient store, Wal-Mart. In the opening paragraph, Dicker states, “In an age of global terrorism and preemptive war it may seem strange that a chain of discount stores should keep finding its way into the news,” immediately dismissing the media’s coverage of this national corporation as unimportant and irrelevant. In this essay, Dicker uses repetition and concrete facts about Wal-Mart to effectively sway his audience into viewing the situation in a way similar as him. Dicker’s purposes in writing this passage were to
