Rhetorical Analysis Of We Are What We Trade By David Sirota
Blake Nichols
Christopher Johnston
English 110
20 May 2016
Rhetorical Analysis of David Sirota's “We Are What We Trade and How We Trade It” In the article We Are What We Trade,” Sirota tends to bash on the past, present, and future correlation between trade and globalization. Sirota asserts that supply and demand create a significant affect in many policies of people. Sirota claims that trade and globalization has benefited many countries all over the world in their own economy, while diminishing our own. However, these affects on other countries have a negative aspect such as companies seeking production in countries that are lacking human right laws. Sirota brings up a senator to aim at convincing readers there are ways of restructuring the infrastructures that allow a higher quality …show more content…
He uses logos to entice the readers with mind blowing actions that these companies are abusing. “...the success of lobbyists in neutering the legislation’s “Buy American” provisions in the name of “free trade” has steered much of that money into subsidizing job growth offshore.” He doesn't back up these allegations with any facts or evidence but hopes the reader will have enough background on the topic to believe him. Instead of throwing in random numbers or examples of these companies he continues the next paragraph with another complication to his problem, “Worried about skyrocketing health care …show more content…
He introduces how these problems relate to his readers and that they are already involved.
The use of pathos appeal is well acknowledged from the start of the article. Sirota utilizes pathos to appeal to the reader on the importance off establishing policies and regulations that seek to support environmental conservation even as people buy
Christopher Johnston
English 110
20 May 2016
Rhetorical Analysis of David Sirota's “We Are What We Trade and How We Trade It” In the article We Are What We Trade,” Sirota tends to bash on the past, present, and future correlation between trade and globalization. Sirota asserts that supply and demand create a significant affect in many policies of people. Sirota claims that trade and globalization has benefited many countries all over the world in their own economy, while diminishing our own. However, these affects on other countries have a negative aspect such as companies seeking production in countries that are lacking human right laws. Sirota brings up a senator to aim at convincing readers there are ways of restructuring the infrastructures that allow a higher quality …show more content…
He uses logos to entice the readers with mind blowing actions that these companies are abusing. “...the success of lobbyists in neutering the legislation’s “Buy American” provisions in the name of “free trade” has steered much of that money into subsidizing job growth offshore.” He doesn't back up these allegations with any facts or evidence but hopes the reader will have enough background on the topic to believe him. Instead of throwing in random numbers or examples of these companies he continues the next paragraph with another complication to his problem, “Worried about skyrocketing health care …show more content…
He introduces how these problems relate to his readers and that they are already involved.
The use of pathos appeal is well acknowledged from the start of the article. Sirota utilizes pathos to appeal to the reader on the importance off establishing policies and regulations that seek to support environmental conservation even as people buy