Essay On Singers Solution
Vinit Gheewala
GAW 4
8/2/14
Analysis of the Singer’s solution to World Poverty. A child is always appreciated in what he does and never neglected. Appealing to the betterment of children is the best way to persuade a reader or to make him/her get awestruck.
In the essay, “ The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, the author Peter singer uses his appeal for the betterment of children as his weapon to make his argument seem more persuading and creates a sense of guilt in the audience. He targets the audience by telling stories that involves children’s safety which makes the reader get awestruck and provokes them. In this essay, Peter Singer uses two pathetic hypothetical stories influencing the reader to donate money to social organizations.
The body of the essay mainly comprised of the comparison between the audience to the two stories. Both the hypotheticals include an appeal to the betterment of the children forcing the audience to consider themselves in the situation and feel a sense of pity. The essay began with the story of Dora, a retired schoolteacher who sold a homeless nine year old to be adopted by foreigners for a couple of thousand dollars. The second hypothetical story was about a man named Bob who had the choice of either saving his precious car or saving the life of poor kid. He decided to save his car and as a result the child died. In both these situations, Singer appeals to children in a way which creates a sense of pity for the child and makes the reader condemn both Dora and Bob. Dora, who chose to save the child,
Singer said,” Suppose Dora had told her neighbor….only a street kid, “(Singer paragraph 2).
The way how Dora considered the life of the child equal to her television created that sense of pity for the child in the eyes of the audience. In the second story too, the way how Bob just let the child die in front of him made the situation pitiful as he considered the life of a child equal to his precious car.
GAW 4
8/2/14
Analysis of the Singer’s solution to World Poverty. A child is always appreciated in what he does and never neglected. Appealing to the betterment of children is the best way to persuade a reader or to make him/her get awestruck.
In the essay, “ The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, the author Peter singer uses his appeal for the betterment of children as his weapon to make his argument seem more persuading and creates a sense of guilt in the audience. He targets the audience by telling stories that involves children’s safety which makes the reader get awestruck and provokes them. In this essay, Peter Singer uses two pathetic hypothetical stories influencing the reader to donate money to social organizations.
The body of the essay mainly comprised of the comparison between the audience to the two stories. Both the hypotheticals include an appeal to the betterment of the children forcing the audience to consider themselves in the situation and feel a sense of pity. The essay began with the story of Dora, a retired schoolteacher who sold a homeless nine year old to be adopted by foreigners for a couple of thousand dollars. The second hypothetical story was about a man named Bob who had the choice of either saving his precious car or saving the life of poor kid. He decided to save his car and as a result the child died. In both these situations, Singer appeals to children in a way which creates a sense of pity for the child and makes the reader condemn both Dora and Bob. Dora, who chose to save the child,
Singer said,” Suppose Dora had told her neighbor….only a street kid, “(Singer paragraph 2).
The way how Dora considered the life of the child equal to her television created that sense of pity for the child in the eyes of the audience. In the second story too, the way how Bob just let the child die in front of him made the situation pitiful as he considered the life of a child equal to his precious car.