2. I think it does help his point as it enables him to emphasize his point of reusing everything possible to the point where it is no longer useful to society, including our own bodies. He convinces the reader to agree to his main point of reusing things for a better environment and then shows them a way that that can actually happen. The intent of the essay was build support for the idea of donating one's body for the advancement of science and research. He wanted to show that you can literally reuse almost anything and that this is one thing that takes very little effort on your part, as the real work begins after you are dead ( at least we hope, we do not want situations like the one in "the fall of the House of Usher"). I believe that for the most part this writing strategy was effective, he was hoping to persuade the readers to donate their bodies for the advancement of science and although he ignored counter-argument such as ethical questions. Overall he wrote a convincing piece about something he cares about, and for that he cannot be blamed.
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