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30 May 2021, 11:24
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Hi GMATNinja , egmat and other experts
I have question about #2
I think option (C) still have some questionable gap
the author's argument; The easy conclusion is wrong (the migrants' subsequent lack of economic mobility in the north is tied to rural background, a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills.
So that the author provide the evidence that the migrants did not lack the skill and might not be unfamiliar with urban.
This question is to let us find the option that weaken the author's conclusion.
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I think option (C) still have some questionable gap
the author's argument; The easy conclusion is wrong (the migrants' subsequent lack of economic mobility in the north is tied to rural background, a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills.
So that the author provide the evidence that the migrants did not lack the skill and might not be unfamiliar with urban.
This question is to let us find the option that weaken the author's conclusion.
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This option can weaken the author evidence and that's why this option is correct. BUT the author has the evidence to say why the migrants want to move to the North e.g. have higher wages. so that I am not sure this is the best option we have or not?
31 May 2021, 20:43
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Foi2Evei2, I'm no expert but see if this helps you. I have a couple of points -
1. We are not asked to weaken the author's conclusion, we're asked about the objection that the author anticipates to her argument. It's not the same as weakening the author's conclusion.
2. The author says that the it is possible that the entire migrated population had a steady source of employment and then goes on to mention a possible objection in the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph. Quoting it here for you -
"It is perhaps surprising to argue that an employed population could be enticed to move, but an explanation lies in the labor conditions then prevalent in the South."
3. You have correctly inferred that the author indeed does counter this objection, but stating the reasons for the migration.
09 Jun 2021, 22:49
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I’m not an expert, but maybe I can help point a few things out that may add to the discussion:
It’s a little tricky to see exactly what the author is focused on, but if you look to the last sentence of the first paragraph, you can get a clearer picture.
The author is writing with the knowledge that these workers DID have economic difficulties when they migrated to the North.
The prior assumption, which the author questions, is that most of these workers came from rural backgrounds in the South and migrated because of the 2 reasons given in the first paragraph (lack of Euro immigrants due to WW1 and the Bovine Issue) and this fact was the reason for the difficulties the migrating workers suffered in the North. The author disputes this and offers further evidence in the second paragraph to back up his reasoning.
In the 2nd paragraph, the author attempts to show that many southern workers had already migrated to SOUTHERN CITIES before the period of The Great Migration to the North. Because of this fact, the author argues that the prior assumption (that these southern workers’ struggles in the North stemmed from coming directly from a rural background in the South) is invalid.
The author ends the passage, in the last sentence, by pointing out that the assumption regarding why these workers had difficulty in the North does not seem valid. The prior assumption was that these workers came from rural backgrounds directly and migrated from these rural backgrounds directly to work in the North.
Because of this discussion, A would be a more fitting title than C. C discusses the transition from a rural to an urban setting, when the author shows that these southern workers most likely first had migrated to southern cities and THEN migrated to the North during the Great Migration.
Because of this disparity in the answers, A would be more fitting.
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It’s a little tricky to see exactly what the author is focused on, but if you look to the last sentence of the first paragraph, you can get a clearer picture.
The author is writing with the knowledge that these workers DID have economic difficulties when they migrated to the North.
The prior assumption, which the author questions, is that most of these workers came from rural backgrounds in the South and migrated because of the 2 reasons given in the first paragraph (lack of Euro immigrants due to WW1 and the Bovine Issue) and this fact was the reason for the difficulties the migrating workers suffered in the North. The author disputes this and offers further evidence in the second paragraph to back up his reasoning.
In the 2nd paragraph, the author attempts to show that many southern workers had already migrated to SOUTHERN CITIES before the period of The Great Migration to the North. Because of this fact, the author argues that the prior assumption (that these southern workers’ struggles in the North stemmed from coming directly from a rural background in the South) is invalid.
The author ends the passage, in the last sentence, by pointing out that the assumption regarding why these workers had difficulty in the North does not seem valid. The prior assumption was that these workers came from rural backgrounds directly and migrated from these rural backgrounds directly to work in the North.
Because of this discussion, A would be a more fitting title than C. C discusses the transition from a rural to an urban setting, when the author shows that these southern workers most likely first had migrated to southern cities and THEN migrated to the North during the Great Migration.
Because of this disparity in the answers, A would be more fitting.
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