Best of the Term: Part II

I picked Naryan’s post on “Defining Democracy” as a memorable article from this term. Naryan provides a comprehensive outline of his definition of democracy while informing the readers about the background of it. He refers to how the concept of democracy came about, and to relevant historical sources such as the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the Gettysburg Address. Not only is he basing his argument of what democracy should be on his personal opinions, but also he draws in contextual information. I also like the way he opens and closes the article: the hook at the beginning is enough to tell the reader what the post will be about, and to get the reader pondering. His last remarks on what democracy means to each individual leaves the reader to continue in the thought process of defining democracy. I think this is a key aspect of any writing: to make the reader stay engaged in the topic even after the article as finished. Overall, I like the smooth transition of the post and think Naryan did a good job achieving the goals of this mini-assignment: to define democracy in our own terms and support our view.