Analysis of Patriotism Essay

In my essay, my claim was that patriotism is becoming more of a fad than a genuine feeling toward the country. My reasons were that patriotism peaked during the time surrounding the events of 9/11, and also that the same trend has been followed recently in supporting our troops. One of my warrants was that people peaked their patriotism surrounding drastic national events. My backing for this was that not as many people currently seem patriotic. My evidence was the fluctuation of numbers of people who said that they were patriotic before and after 9/11, and also more recently. The authority of my evidence were numerous surveys, quotations of citizens, and reputable newspapers. My conditions of rebuttal were the people that then link patriotism and support of the troops as one and the same, therefore seeing most people as genuinely patriotic all of the time. My response was shown by breaking down important parts of supporting the troops and patriotism and showing how different the results were. I could have probably used more quotes from people and some more evidence other than polls and surveys to back my claim.