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When examining a piece of non-fiction writing, the reader should always
be concerned with methodology. An author’s methodology is the way he or
she constructs the argument. This includes the sources the author uses
as well as the way he or she presents the argument--what evidence the
writer includes and the order in which the evidence is presented. The
main reason for evaluating methodology is to consider the author’s methodological
assumptions and to decide for oneself if the argument is convincing.
In this work, Thomas Friedman primarily uses interviews secondary, scholarly
monographs, or primary documents (such as the 9/11 Commission Report)
to probe the flattening of the world in the twenty-first century.
Friedman divides the text into six sections. In Part I, “How the World
Became Flat,” Friedman establishes the framework for the..........
Title:
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Author:
Thomas L. Friedman
Date Published:
2005
Genre:
Non-Fiction
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