Critical Review:
Skip to the heart beat and it’s all the more rosy by Elizabeth Farrely


In the article “ Skip to the heart beat and it’s all the more rosy” (Farrelly, 2008)

published in “ The Sydney Morning Herald.” Elizabeth Farrely is a writer. She

explains how to have a good life through finding a balance between relaxation and

pressure. However, if she wants people to be attracted by her opinions, she has to use

the information carefully. First of all, the actual object is not directly obvious in her

article, so readers have to read to the end to understand her purpose. In addition, the

writer assumes that the readers are familiar with the multicultural references she

incorporates. Furthermore, she just expresses love and entertainment to save organs,

but we do not know if these ways are reasonable or not. Therefore, although she uses

some strong references to support her opinions, ultimately, she fails to make her

opinions apparent.


According to Elizabeth Farrelly, she persists that using some ways to reduce

pressure is necessary. The first way is to learn the different cultures.

The second way is to find love; likewise, entertainment is another way to reduce

pressure. However, people should find the balance between relaxation and pressure.

In sum, finding a balance between relaxation and pressure is her purpose.


Since the author published the article, I understand that she tried to pursue the

rosy life. First of all, because we have open mind to understand different cultures,

when we touch it, we will not be shocked. In addition, if people fall in love, they

will have a healthy body. Furthermore, entertainment is a reasonable way because

people can forget their heartbeat through it. So, she tries to persuade people

into having a good life through adequate learning, love and entertainment.


However, she should have used reasonable information that is easily understood

in her article. To begin with, she should make the purpose clear at the beginning for

readers so as to arouse their enthusiasm for a rosy life. Besides, she could not assume

that all of the readers know these multicultural references to readers. Moreover, she

should ascertain that her arguments are essential to help patients. It is of importance

to ensure that her own opinions are reasonable though she uses many references to

support these opinions.


To sum up; an unclear purpose, difficulties in understanding multicultural

references and opinions without certain evidence are deficits in her article. Those

might be the failings in her article. She should be more careful about her explanations.

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