No Job? Get Lost!: A Non-Fiction Reading Response

  The article, "No Job? Get Lost!" written by Andrew Higgins published in Upfront Magazine is about Norway's northernmost territory, Svalbard and its requirements to live there. The beginning of the article talks about the requirements of living in Svalbard and what is illegal. Then, the article talks about the effects these laws had on citizens. And, finally the article talks about the trouble polar bears cause and how citizens deal with them. I think Andrew Higgins is trying to tell us that living in Svalbard can be safe.
    Andrew Higgins uses different crafts to prove that living in Svalbard can be safe. One craft the author uses is by quoting a powerful political figure that lives in the location. In this case it's Governor Odd Olsen Ingero, who says, "It is a very quite and law abiding society." By using this tactic the author makes us believe that because it comes from a resident, a very political resident, it must be true. Another tactic the author uses is using descriptions of every day life to how how the residents feel about living there. One description showing this is, "Residents regularly leave their car and snowmobile keys in the ignition and don't bother locking their front doors." This shows how residents feel about Svalbard and what they do regularly to prove it. this tactic is used to draw the reader into thinking nothing bad happens in Svalbard and how safe people feel there.This shows how the author uses different crafts to prove that living in Svalbard can be safe.
    In conclusion, the author uses interesting crafts to sway the reader into thinking living in Svalbard is safe. I realized that the people in Svalbard feel so safe that they leave their belongings  powered, left alone for a certain amount of time, and leave their front doors unlocked. I don't feel like that is right. It is still good to be cautious even though you are safe. In the article it said wild polar bears attack citizens some times so why would somebody leave their door unlocked if anybody can get in, even a polar bear, and attack them.