explicit arguments are for the cool kids

            Explicit arguments present a two sided claim and supports it with various proof and reasons. An implicit argument is an argument, but it drives you to a certain conclusion through a not necessarily straightforward mean. The poem presented in the book is an implicit argument against the valor and heroism of war. Unlike an explicit statement, it is a piece of poetry that provides the imagery of the gruesome reality of war. You are allowed to draw your own conclusions as the poem guides you along in a desired direction. The picture does a similar thing in the sense that it can’t formally present a two sided argument. You could however say that both the gruesome nature of one of the veterans having one hand and the honor and pride in the picture cover both aspects of the pictures. Although the picture does present a potential two sides, it does not cover the traditional down the line thesis, support, conclusion. An explicit argument of these things would formally present both sides of whatever was being disputed or examined. There would be thoughtful representations and support for whatever conclusion you would mean for the reader to draw, be it a one sided argument or neutral.