Infancy is one of the most fragile stages of human life. As infants begin to mature, one of their most common pains is when they begin teething. Teething is when the teeth of the infant start to form and begin to build up pressure as they start breaking through the skin of their gums causing intense pain to babie’s mouths. To sooth this pain, a company called Amber Artisans created a necklace that sooths their mouths as they chew on it. The necklaces are becoming more and more popular in America. However, few people know and understand the hazards of having a necklace around a baby’s neck. This necklace inspired Roni Jacobson to write the article “Amber Teething Necklaces Pose Choking Hazard” for New York Times, an article located in the Health and Science section on its web site. In the article, Jacobson discusses how people are overlooking the serious concern about this necklace. She provides a photo of Gisele Bündchen, a famous super-model, and includes a link that takes the viewer to a picture of Bündchen and her baby. In the picture, Bündchen’s baby has earrings on and is wearing a Baltic amber necklace. The picture created an uproar on blogs about what age is too young for having a child’s ears pierced, but few, if any, people expressed concerns about the necklace. Jacobson also shares a link to the ABC News report on the matter. In the report, the correspondents find that the moms they spoke with are split on the earing debate (Jacobson). Jacobson uses this controversy to show the audience is getting distracted from what’s really the issue and that’s the Amber teething necklace that Bündchen’s baby had on. After analyzing her article, I have determined that Jacobson wrote a great argument by successfully using ethos, pathos, and logos.…
