zoezhuyan wrote:
dear
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fiftyoneverbalI am confused.
for me, Hea Sook's conclusion is one should not believe urban legend, then Hea Sook points out some evidence to support it, such as propagated if the legends fit purpose, people won't investigate , people won't deliberately spread untruth.
while, Kayla says it is true if the legends are repeated.
is my analyst correct?
I picked up C, just because C is the best, but I am not sure why C is correct.
genuinely want your clarify,
thanks in advance
Hello,
zoezhuyan. I checked my
OG 2020 just to make sure the name
Hea Sook was correct—it sounds Korean to me, and I wanted it to be
Hae Sook instead. Anyway, the e-before-a spelling is just what the guide says. On to the matter at hand.
I think you have the gist of what each person is saying. Perhaps you have oversimplified the position Kayla takes. Notice that Kayla talks about people
believing stories were true, and also that
more likely to be true is not the same as saying that a story is definitely true. That is, the argument Kayla puts forth still leaves room for an improbable but nonetheless
false story to be repeated.
The crux of the first argument, the one put forth by Hea Sook, comes in the last two lines:
People will repeat a tale if it fits their purpose. They may not deliberately spread untruths, but neither are they particularly motivated to investigate deeply to determine if the tale they are telling is true.We would expect Kayla in her rebuttal to address these lines, but she shifts away from the idea of stories fitting an agenda, and away from determining the truth of a story, into what people
believe instead, making an assumption about what is probably true instead. In short, she dodges the argument by addressing a different concern. If you answered (C), good for you. I do not see any other option as a real contender.
I hope that helps a bit. Thank you for thinking to ask.
- Andrew
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