In this article, Max Fisher, explains what is going on in Syria in the format of answering questions. He states nine different questions about Syria that most people do not know the answer to, but are too embarrassed to ask, since Syria is a topic that has become very well known. He starts with more general questions, such as "what is Syria?" and goes on to more specific ones, such as "So why would Obama bother with strikes that no one expects to actually solve anything" "what’s the big deal with chemical weapons". Fisher answers all the nine questions, and concludes by telling his opinion on what is most likely going to continuing happening in Syria and how serious it will most likely be in a few years. The author makes many jokes throughout the article, but always showing the sad reality of what is going on in Syria.
Fisher makes this article very informal, in the middle of it he starts talking about music and even shows a music video from Syria. It really seems as he was directly talking to the reader. This makes the reader become more interested on the subject and consequently learn more about it-which is really important because it is such an important matter. The purpose of this article was definitely to inform the reader about the importance of what is going on in Syria and how that will affect people all over the world, and I believe that Fisher did an amazing job informing the reader. Surely, it is an informative article, rather than an article with the author's opinions trying to persuade the reader into doing something. However, the author does make it a personal article, bonding with the reader. By the end of the article the reader is completely engaged in the topic and very well informed, with credible statistics and conclusions, about what is going on in the world around them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/29/9-questions-about-syria-you-were-too-embarrassed-to-ask/
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