Moyn opens his argument with examples of human rights activists and the elements of their work, including who backs them and what they are standing up against, but his lack of a deeper explanation does his article injustice. For a secondary reader, the brief amount of information he supplies regarding Chen Guangcheng is not enough to prove his point because he expects for readers to recognize the reference instantly. However, for his primary audience, the name Chen Guangcheng would be instantly recognizable in New York in 2012 (Gladstone). Moyn’s article was published at the opportune moment for his information to be …show more content…
The possibility that human rights could be stripped away slowly as the government profits off our losses causes fear to the readers, which Moyn skillfully shows to invoke a need to fight back and take control of our human rights. Although his paper is mainly opinions, he did cause the readers to think about where the government is leading them and what drives them to make the decisions they