Disease Called Perfection Dan Pearce Analysis

In “disease called perfection” originally published on sep,20, 2010 on single dad laughing blog by Dan Pearce, an author, app developer, photographer and artist, argues that people have a disease instead of being true to themselves and other people they try to be fake and perfectionist. It is a “sickness” that has “damaged” the author personally and many others. Furthermore, Dan argues that the misrepresentation of the truth leads to many negative consequences. People use it in school, job, family relations, and sports. No one wants to show their imperfections and their weaknesses. Pearce fails to supports his argument. His commentary mostly relies on logical statements, supported claims, and facts and he expresses much passion but still he …show more content…
He compares with a family, how it represents each one in the family. He states that people feel pressured to appear perfectly happy, functioning and perfectly figured. According to Pearce perfection is wife who is unhappy with her husband but still tell her friends how perfect her husband is. Perfection is a husband who is abused by wife but work tirelessly to make his marriage work. Perfection is a daughter who has eating disorder but she keeps it secrete so her family won’t shame her. Perfection is a couple despite being in debt, agrees to go on vacation with friends. Perfection is a dad hating himself because he can’t provide his kids as other dads do. After that he says that you aren’t the only one with all these flaws so accept it.be true to yourself and you will be able to change people around …show more content…
Pearce reinforces is the use of analogies. Perfection is a “trapped wife” “son with forbidden addiction” “perfection is a child hating herself because boys at school call her fat” these words established the unfairness that exists when people are not perfect. And there an appeal to logos feeling pointing at dysfunctional family member, yet trying to show the world that they are perfect. He refers perfection a disease which “infects every corner of society.” Neighborhood, workplace, and schools. he uses logos by opening the introduction by questioning the audience and in the middle by comparing it to family members. He points out the facts that he tried to believe in perfection but not anymore and stated that he once stole $150 inside, he got angry once at his wife and hit the wall. He used to cry in the bedroom because he was fat and ugly. These facts indicates the author tried to be perfection. These facts support his claim that perfection is real