The Current Refugee Crisis
The amount of people the have immigrated or are attempting immigrate to Europe or many other countries in the world has increased drastically over the course of years. In the New York Times article, “Desperate Crossings” is a story about people from Eritrea, Africa who are trying to flee their home country and go to Italy, Greece. The authors Paolo Pellegrin, who did most of the photography, and Scott Anderson, who did the articles text, travelled with Bourbon Argos a “Doctors Without Borders” organization to see the people who were immigrating from the Italy-Sea crossing. They documented the hardships and struggles that the people faced from trying to flee their home country to Italy. The past couple of years many people have migrated because of poor conditions in their home countries or because of wars that have been occurring. One of the most heard of are the Syrians. Because of the war that had been occurring in Aleppo, Syria many people were fleeing their home country to places to seek refuge in. Scott Anderson claims, “ Most have sought to escape the poverty of sub-Saharan Africa or the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and their two principal entry points are Italy and Greece”(6). The authors use a variety of rhetorical strategies in order to strengthen their claim. They use a different presentation style for the article, photos, a map and anecdotes or personal stories so the audience can know about the crisis that 's currently happening. The authors want people to be informed about the ongoing refugee crisis and how badly people are suffering to seek refuge in other countries. One of the strategies that the authors use to inform the readers and keep them interested about the topic is by changing the way the article is presented. …show more content…
The article wasn 't presented like a normal article, instead it was presented like a type of power point. Scott Anderson strategically used short texts in order to keep readers from reading long texts and having them eventually bored. They also use the pictures that they chose in a really symbolic way, they are presented one at a time. Also every single photograph that the authors use in the article have a story to them, the text then further elaborated on that picture. Another strategy that the authors use to create an importance for the refugee crisis is by making the pictures, basically the entire article, in black and white. For many people, maybe even some audience members that read the New York Times, when they see black and white photos their mind automatically thinks that it 's a more serious situation. Sometimes black and white pictures create a more somber effect on your mind. In these ways the author is trying to keep you interested about the article they wrote and make you think more seriously about the situation happening. The other rhetorical strategy that the authors use to inform the audience about the refugee crisis is by using facts, statistics, and maps to make the article more credible. In the text Scott Anderson stated that since March 2015, more than 2,500 people have died making the route from the Libya- Italy sea crossing (7). Showing us just how dangerous it is and how desperate people are in order to cross and seek refuge in Europe and other countries. Many people are risking their own lives in order to try and get out of there own countries in order to have a better life. Another fact that the authors provide is that they mention how smugglers often overcrowded boats when people are trying to get across the seas.There is not enough life-jackets for every single person and many of them don 't even know how to swim. Because of this, there have been many accidents that have happened over the course of time. One of the major accidents that happened was located in the Libya-Italy Crossing in 2015. Scott Anderson explains, “ In the worst incident, in late April, a grotesquely overladen fishing trawler capsized and sank within sight of a rescue ship; of the estimated 800 migrants aboard, only 28 were
The amount of people the have immigrated or are attempting immigrate to Europe or many other countries in the world has increased drastically over the course of years. In the New York Times article, “Desperate Crossings” is a story about people from Eritrea, Africa who are trying to flee their home country and go to Italy, Greece. The authors Paolo Pellegrin, who did most of the photography, and Scott Anderson, who did the articles text, travelled with Bourbon Argos a “Doctors Without Borders” organization to see the people who were immigrating from the Italy-Sea crossing. They documented the hardships and struggles that the people faced from trying to flee their home country to Italy. The past couple of years many people have migrated because of poor conditions in their home countries or because of wars that have been occurring. One of the most heard of are the Syrians. Because of the war that had been occurring in Aleppo, Syria many people were fleeing their home country to places to seek refuge in. Scott Anderson claims, “ Most have sought to escape the poverty of sub-Saharan Africa or the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and their two principal entry points are Italy and Greece”(6). The authors use a variety of rhetorical strategies in order to strengthen their claim. They use a different presentation style for the article, photos, a map and anecdotes or personal stories so the audience can know about the crisis that 's currently happening. The authors want people to be informed about the ongoing refugee crisis and how badly people are suffering to seek refuge in other countries. One of the strategies that the authors use to inform the readers and keep them interested about the topic is by changing the way the article is presented. …show more content…
The article wasn 't presented like a normal article, instead it was presented like a type of power point. Scott Anderson strategically used short texts in order to keep readers from reading long texts and having them eventually bored. They also use the pictures that they chose in a really symbolic way, they are presented one at a time. Also every single photograph that the authors use in the article have a story to them, the text then further elaborated on that picture. Another strategy that the authors use to create an importance for the refugee crisis is by making the pictures, basically the entire article, in black and white. For many people, maybe even some audience members that read the New York Times, when they see black and white photos their mind automatically thinks that it 's a more serious situation. Sometimes black and white pictures create a more somber effect on your mind. In these ways the author is trying to keep you interested about the article they wrote and make you think more seriously about the situation happening. The other rhetorical strategy that the authors use to inform the audience about the refugee crisis is by using facts, statistics, and maps to make the article more credible. In the text Scott Anderson stated that since March 2015, more than 2,500 people have died making the route from the Libya- Italy sea crossing (7). Showing us just how dangerous it is and how desperate people are in order to cross and seek refuge in Europe and other countries. Many people are risking their own lives in order to try and get out of there own countries in order to have a better life. Another fact that the authors provide is that they mention how smugglers often overcrowded boats when people are trying to get across the seas.There is not enough life-jackets for every single person and many of them don 't even know how to swim. Because of this, there have been many accidents that have happened over the course of time. One of the major accidents that happened was located in the Libya-Italy Crossing in 2015. Scott Anderson explains, “ In the worst incident, in late April, a grotesquely overladen fishing trawler capsized and sank within sight of a rescue ship; of the estimated 800 migrants aboard, only 28 were