Saving The Dreams Of Homeless Children: Article Analysis

They are criticized for their living conditions, but are homeless people at fault for their situation? “Saving the Dreams of Homeless Kids” (Las Vegas Sun, January 15, 2016) by Delen Goldberg and Ian Whitaker and “Some People Choose to Be Homeless” (Creators.com, August 18, 2015) by Debra Saunders both present the issue of people who lack a home. Golberg and Whitaker discuss the situation of two kids who are either homeless or in danger of becoming homeless and the actions people are doing to help youth in need. Debra Saunders expresses that the destructive choices of people lead them to become homeless. In both articles the authors use tone, paragraph organization, and sentence structure to present two contrasting sides of the homelessness
In the Las Vegas Sun’s article “battered, bruised, and thrown” create a sympathetic tone as it emphasises the saddening situation which Desirae, a homeless teen, had to endure. The use of words that relate to abuse showcases the homeless child as a victim. The phrase has a negative denotation, which presents the severity of her situation. Therefore this sympathetic tone was employed by the author to get attention to the issue of homelessness. Saunders’s judgemental tone is accentuated in her article when she calls for the government to find a “common-sense prescriptions that reduces homelessness”. A disease is universally seen as a negative concept, so the author uses the negative connotation of the word “prescription” and relates it to the issue of homelessness. This increases the judgemental tone she has created throughout the work, as she asserts her own opinion and criticizes people without a home. Both authors use tone in their favor to create a stir of emotion in the audience. While Whitaker and Goldberg use tone to sympathize to the homeless youth, Saunders uses biased and negative words to create an opinionated tone. The aim for the sympathetic tone is to get other individuals to help the homeless, while the opinionated tone is used to express her view on the
Goldberg and Whitaker use very straightforward sentence structure while Saunders’ sentence structure is more rhetorical and questioning. The Las Vegas Sun’s article uses only declarative sentences because the aim of the article is to inform the audience about the issue. On the other hand, Saunders occasionally include interrogative sentences; she uses these sentences in order to get a reaction from her audience. An example of her usages of interrogative sentences includes when she asks “so why is it that the only people who really get a choice under the Obama administration's regime are the people who make really bad choices?” She is trying to express her opinion and the use of sentences which ask a question, makes the readers consider their own opinion too. While Goldberg and Whitaker are trying to inform their audience about the issue of homelessness, Saunders again asserts her opinion and wants her audience to reconsider their view on the