Ogden High School - ENGLISH 180212AEnglish Language and Lit Paper 1 Final

Cecilia Ramirez January 31, 2018 Language and Lit Paper 1:Final The Japan Times: Happiest People In The World: Paper 1 Analysis In Happiest People In The World an editorial piece published by The Japan Times the article sets out to inform and persuade the Japanese population on the topic of happiness and the idea that happiness can come from non-material comforts and has no correlation to the economic/class of a working individual. The author also intends to ask for change in society to higher the low rates of life satisfaction Japan has. Throughout the text a theme of happiness in the world is shared with the reader as that is what surrounds the central argument of this piece. The article builds it overall argument by sharing that as the Japanese society and the government evolves, more social action must be taken for Japan to gain a better familiarity with nonwork/economic related comforts which can lead have higher rates of ‘life satisfaction’ which is something that many Japanese people lack based on the piece. The Japan Times builds this argument by using a range of research findings which relate to high levels of happiness in other countries in comparison to Japan. Additionally, due to the fact that The Japan Times is an editorial news media outlet from Japan the author of the piece shares a lot of opinion and perspectives. Finally, the author of this editorial uses examples of how significant happiness is to an individual and to an individual's livelihood. This serves as a way for the author to implement pathos into his argument and further persuade readers of the importance of happiness and how finances have no correlation to it which is what drives so many individuals to work themselves under such tense conditions. When combining all of these discussion points, The Japan Times piece, Happiest People In The World is able to formulate a descriptive and explanatory piece for its Japanese audience. The editorial piece discusses how Japan has the highest standard of living and longest life expectancy in the world but it doesn't have the happiest people. The Japan Times builds this argument by using a range of research findings which relate to high levels of happiness in other countries in comparison to Japan. The author does this by explicitly stating where his findings came from and citing them. The Japan Times expressed that Latin American countries dominated the top 10 happiest countries in the world and many of these countries were on the lowest economic development. “Latin American interviewees cited as the source of their daily