That D@mned Fence

That D@mned Fence

Analyzing a Written Argument

The general argument made by Anonymous in his work That D@mned Fence is that the person thinks that it is ridiculous that they are put behind a fence for security reasons. More specifically Anonymous suggests that they were placed behind the fence for crimes they didn’t commit. He writes, “To keep us penned up behind that d@mned fence, is someone’s notion of national defense!” Pg. 745. In this passage, Anonymous is suggesting that just because someone thought that the Japanese Americans were a threat to national defense they were locked up behind a fence. In conclusion, it is Anonymous’s belief that it wasn’t their fault that they were locked up behind the fence and they don’t deserve to be.

Planning Your Own Argument

            In my view, Anonymous is right because the Japanese Americans didn’t deserve to be locked up behind a fence. For example, this is similar to how the Jews were locked up and put in concentration camps in World War II. Although Anonymous might object that it wasn’t quite as bad as it was with the Jews, I maintain that the taking away of freedom is bad no matter what. Therefore, I conclude that the Japanese Americans were treated like the Jews were during World War II.