1) In the editorial “Why We Shun the Travelers”, Victoria White, a writer for the Irish Examiner, asserts that isolation of the Travelers in their time of need is both unpatriotic and immoral. 2) She supports this claim by first discussing the horrific fire that traumatized the Travelers and led to the death of ten innocents, five of them young children. 3) She asserts that the travelers did not have anywhere to go because local councils and politicians opposed housing them in urban neighborhoods. 4) Then, she reveals that the root of the conflict is the Irish public’s traditional ways. 5)Toward the end of the text, the author suggests that the country shuns the travels due to their lack of literacy and low-life expectancy. 6) Chapman’s purpose
