In Chapter 7 of Think, the article discusses Doctor
Antonia Novello’s success story in Puerto Rico. She grew up in poverty and
constant illness as a child. Most people who grow up in such standards would
get discouraged and would not try to find a solution. Dr. Novello was not
discouraged, she was actually motivated and driven to find a better life for her,
to stop living in poverty. Dr. Novello realized that there was an issue with
children and teenagers smoking. She noticed that since the advertisement of Joe
Camel cigarettes, this problem presented itself among teenagers. She looked for
a solution to help this issue among teens. The successful doctor figured that
if the problem started with the propaganda of cigarettes, she would ban ads
that were directed towards children and teenagers. This was cause and effect
because she saw that the ads were causing children and teenagers to start
smoking and she was able to find a solution for this problem.
Dr. Novello was born under a poor condition and her father died when she was young. However, she did not give up her education and worked so hard in order to finish all the degrees. I am so admire at her because she achieved her goal after all these efforts she has been made. Even though she did not know what the results would come out, she still continued to ban ads that were about cigarettes. The fact that the number of teens smoking really decreased after she educated the teens. In another word, the actions she took changed the outcome. This is called cause and effect argument.
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