Amy Chua is a Wimp by David Brooks NEW YORK TIMES

David Brooks, a journalist from The New York Times Magazine, recently wrote an article responding to Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." The title itself makes the article's point perfectly clear. David Brooks throughout his article, openly admitted that he loved Amy Chua's book. He appreciated her sense of humor and style. However, he did not appreciate the way she raised her kids. David Brooks wrote this article for one good reason: To prove a point. He wanted to look through both views, the views of the reader, and the view of Amy herself. However, he had to admit that he agreed with the opinions of the readers. For example, he critiqued Amy's parenting style by saying,  "So I’m not against the way Chua pushes her daughters. And I loved her book as a courageous and thought-provoking read. It’s also more supple than her critics let on. I just wish she wasn’t so soft and indulgent. I wish she recognized that in some important ways the school cafeteria is more intellectually demanding than the library. And I hope her daughters grow up to write their own books, and maybe learn the skills to better anticipate how theirs will be received"(Brooks NYT.com).
The subject is very obvious. Obviously, he is calling Amy an idiot. Not because of her confidence in experessing her parenting style. Brooks claimed that wasn't the reason at all. He simply called her an idiot because she was sheltering her kids from being an intellectual indivitual. In other words, she was hiding her kids from experiencing what is very important. Brooks uses a humorous tone throughout the entire article, however he wrote many rhetorical shifts acknowledging his opinion on her parenting style by expressing his distaste for her arrogance and discriminations against western parenting.