Kindness Glues Couples Together Summary

Emily is attempting to send the massage and educate her readers that “kindness glues couples together”. (Smith, 2014) The article is persuasive to its readers by having accurate information and accessible tone. Emily keeps the information accurate by citing Gotmman’s “love lab” research multiple times to support her argument. When reading the article, no assumptions are made, everything is either fact or direct quotes from Gottman’s research. According to Gottman, couples do practice more kindness is less likely to divorce. By having both quantitative and qualitative data, her argument is more compelling. Some of the real life details also bring an emotion hook to the readers. Throughout the article, her tone is neutral and informative. Although it can be hard to hear the author’s feeling when she is writing, the readers have access to the facts that support it. She avoids using “big” words to keep her language relative friendly so it attracts a wide audience and easy for readers to follow and understand what she is

Compared to Reasons for Divorce and Recollections of Premarital Intervention: Implications for Improving Relationship Education discuss scientific reasons behind unsuccessful long term relationship. (Scott et al, 2013) The tone is objective and plain which is hard for readers to have connection with.

Although Emily presents a good argument, her definition definition toward “kindness” is blurry and therefore raised doubt from my perspective. She claims “kindness makes important predictor of satisfaction and stability in marriage.” However, she did not provide a specific definition of what “breakdown of kindness” are in her article to support her argument. According to Angela Duckworth, psychology professor at University of Pennsylvania, “grit” can be another