"Little Adult Criminals" Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis of “Little Adult Criminals”
By: The New York Times Editorial In “Little Adult Criminals” the New York Times Editorial argues that even though some violent crimes are more serious, minors should be tried in a juvenile court system rather than in an adult court system. To help persuade the audience to see the point of view the author uses two of the three rhetorical appeals, which are logos and pathos. The New York Times Editorial uses logos to convince the audience by using some examples, statistics and supportive facts to the argument that is being made, and pathos is used to persuade the audience to see the point of view by appealing to their emotions against children being sentenced to adult prison. The rhetorical appeal that was mainly used in this article is logos, which convinces the audience by using examples, statistics and supportive facts about children being sent to adult prison. Logos is first used in the beginning of the article when introducing Lionel Tate, a 14 year old boy who was convicted of first degree murder for beating his 6 year old friend to death when he was 12 years old and he was sentenced to prison for life without parole and his mother did not accept the bargain of three years in a juvenile facility with 10 years of probation. Logos is once again used in the example of Nathaniel Brazill, who is a 13 year old boy that was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison because he shot his teacher for not letting him back into the class room after he was suspended for throwing water balloons and when he received his sentence from the judge his response back was, “Not too bad”. This case left people wondering whether discipline would have change the outcome if he had not lived in an environment where access to a gun or any weapon was easy.
The examples that are used shows the audience that the New York Times Editorial does have valid and credible
By: The New York Times Editorial In “Little Adult Criminals” the New York Times Editorial argues that even though some violent crimes are more serious, minors should be tried in a juvenile court system rather than in an adult court system. To help persuade the audience to see the point of view the author uses two of the three rhetorical appeals, which are logos and pathos. The New York Times Editorial uses logos to convince the audience by using some examples, statistics and supportive facts to the argument that is being made, and pathos is used to persuade the audience to see the point of view by appealing to their emotions against children being sentenced to adult prison. The rhetorical appeal that was mainly used in this article is logos, which convinces the audience by using examples, statistics and supportive facts about children being sent to adult prison. Logos is first used in the beginning of the article when introducing Lionel Tate, a 14 year old boy who was convicted of first degree murder for beating his 6 year old friend to death when he was 12 years old and he was sentenced to prison for life without parole and his mother did not accept the bargain of three years in a juvenile facility with 10 years of probation. Logos is once again used in the example of Nathaniel Brazill, who is a 13 year old boy that was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison because he shot his teacher for not letting him back into the class room after he was suspended for throwing water balloons and when he received his sentence from the judge his response back was, “Not too bad”. This case left people wondering whether discipline would have change the outcome if he had not lived in an environment where access to a gun or any weapon was easy.
The examples that are used shows the audience that the New York Times Editorial does have valid and credible