Rhetorical Analysis Of The Solution To World Poverty
Writer Peter Singer’s article “The Solution to World Poverty” develops a persuasive argument to encourage and make people understand the importance of donating to help save kids life within their means, Singer adopts a guilt-ridden tone in order to sway the audience into donating money to help the kids of Brazil. Singer achieve his purpose through the use of imagery, syntax, and rhetorical questions. Singer beings his article by describing a Brazilian film in where a homeless boy is persuade into going to an address where he will be killed for his organs however the Woman who took him there did not know about the final result for the boy instead she was more drawn into the money that she would receive. When telling the story Singer uses parenthesis
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However Singer is quick to remind us that we are all Bob in some way. We have the opportunity to help but most of us don’t do it and so what makes us better than Bob? Singer than proceeds to once again fill our minds with the use of logos to give an estimate to how much money donating would guarantee for a child’s wellbeing. Singer provides a phone number and names of organizations to which basically shoves you into a corner and gives you no way out of not being able to donate. Later Singer states “Now you too, have the information you need to save a child’s life.” By starting off the sentence with “now you too” he gives off a sense of power and it really makes you believe that you can make a difference. Relating back to the image of Bob and how could have saved the little boy’s life Singer than compares not donating to being just like not switching the switch which causes an over showering of guilt towards his audience and the feeling of not wanting to be as heartless as Bob was. As if Singer could read minds he uses rhetorical questions that he knows have probably crossed his audiences mind if the money will donated will actually help a child. He then puts those questions to rest by assuring his audience the money will reach its target. Singer than continues with hypothetical scenarios that keeps his audience on their toes and with every
However Singer is quick to remind us that we are all Bob in some way. We have the opportunity to help but most of us don’t do it and so what makes us better than Bob? Singer than proceeds to once again fill our minds with the use of logos to give an estimate to how much money donating would guarantee for a child’s wellbeing. Singer provides a phone number and names of organizations to which basically shoves you into a corner and gives you no way out of not being able to donate. Later Singer states “Now you too, have the information you need to save a child’s life.” By starting off the sentence with “now you too” he gives off a sense of power and it really makes you believe that you can make a difference. Relating back to the image of Bob and how could have saved the little boy’s life Singer than compares not donating to being just like not switching the switch which causes an over showering of guilt towards his audience and the feeling of not wanting to be as heartless as Bob was. As if Singer could read minds he uses rhetorical questions that he knows have probably crossed his audiences mind if the money will donated will actually help a child. He then puts those questions to rest by assuring his audience the money will reach its target. Singer than continues with hypothetical scenarios that keeps his audience on their toes and with every