Friday, September 14, 2012

Although the poor lack the self-restraint of the rich and wealthy to reproduce beyond the population that the food supply is able to support, the population must be governed in order to supply the demands of the rest of the population, through both preventative and positive population checks. The principle reason that the population must be kept in check is because an unchecked population increases exponentially, while the food supply and substance only increase linearly. Through both preventative and positive population checks, the population growth curve must be kept below the growth curve of the vital resources; otherwise there is not enough resources and food per person. Malthus suggests that parents should consider the financial stability of their family if they wish to have a child, and not succumb to the primitive instincts of man. Malthus furthers his argument to include that it is the needy and underprivileged people's fault that they are at the bottom of society, and they should not spread their wealth too thin by having multiple children, but instead, focus on their own ascent up the social ladder, and strive towards increased financial stability. Malthus theorizes that it is the fault of the poverty-stricken that they remain poor, and if they are able to overcome the natural instincts of man, they will climb up in rank on the social ladder, and escape the bonds of poverty.
-Brian Creonte

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  2. I like the way you described the population and amount of food becoming unbalanced, but you could add a little more when you're talking about how Malthus thinks that the poor man can't restrain himself and doesn't consider his financial situation first.

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  3. BRYANNNN!!!! well done :).... i think your paragraph is really strong. The only thing I would probably change is that you mention preventive and positive checks yet you do not connect them to the actual title. In other words, you explain what they are without saying that that one is preventive and the other is positive check.

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    1. Thanks clara, i will use your comment to help me incorperate preventative and positive checks into my paragraph

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  4. good paragraph Brian, although the thesis is a little bit wordy and unclear. Next time maybe you could try to be a little bit more concise with your wording.

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  5. Nice paragraph Brian! I would recommend maybe connecting the population checks to their names "preventative" and "positive checks". Great job!

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  6. Good Job Brian! i think overall your analysis is really strong and you have specific evidence :)

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