Border Patrol State Summary

“The Border Patrol State” is an article written by Leslie Marmon Silko, a Native American writer, who also has written another book titled Almanac of the Dead. This article originally appeared “In the Nation” on October 17, 2014. Silko claims that the border patrol agents where racially profiling any white person traveling with a person of color, nuns, women with very long or short hair, and also white men with beards and long hair. I believe her intent of writing this article was to bring awareness to the harsh and injustice that were taking place on the highways that border patrol watched over. Silko expressed her concerns about this situation because she had fell victim to that injustice she was trying to shine a light on. Silko, presented
The language that is the used in passage is formal, I say that because it is very well written and also you can tell that the Arthur/Silko was well informed and educated about this topic, which made it just that much easier to follow along without getting lost in unrelated events in the article. Silko was not only telling you a story but she was painting a picture with her writing, it was very vivid and descriptive. The way she describe the events happening you could picture them in your head “it was nearly midnight on New Mexico State Road 26, a dark, lonely stretch of two-lane highway” or “the night was very dark, and no other traffic had come down the road since we had been stopped”. I will say that her choice of style was well suited for her targeted
Silko wasn’t shy to show her pathos/emotions you could tell she was mad, scared, and stressed “to my relief, the strange violence the border patrol agents had focused on us now seemed to shift to the dog. I no longer felt we would be murdered”. Silko let us know her ethos/credibility for being an Arthur by letting us know that she has book that she was promoting titled Almanac of the Dead, and also she has firsthand knowledge of what she was writing about, which really give her the credibility to write this article. These appeals are very effective. My overall opinion of this article is that I really enjoyed reading it, it was well written and knowledgeable, and it was organized well and absolutely engaging. I would have like for her to include other people stories that had went through the same thing she went through, that way it want seemed to be just a one person perspective. I would also been great if she could have interviewed a border patrol person just to see what they had to say about it, but for the most part overall I enjoyed reading