The main focus of the article is to take the concerns of many parents about vaccinations, and to help them learn why these are false. By stating the worries, Haelle intends to make the readers feel a sense of fear and concern for what could happen to their children if they do not have them vaccinated. Parents want their children to be safe and happy, which is why this is beneficial. She also uses the fear tactic throughout other parts of her article, using phrases such as, “nearly everyone got the disease,” and “[t]he diseases . . . can lead to hospitalization or even death,” as well as, “victim,” “severe,” “risk,” and other frightening words (qtd. in Haelle). Through these words and phrases, the author hopes to “scare” the readers away from their previous beliefs. While these examples prove effective in adding to Haelle’s argument, there are too few of them and the article would benefit from an addition of more appeals to the reader’s
The main focus of the article is to take the concerns of many parents about vaccinations, and to help them learn why these are false. By stating the worries, Haelle intends to make the readers feel a sense of fear and concern for what could happen to their children if they do not have them vaccinated. Parents want their children to be safe and happy, which is why this is beneficial. She also uses the fear tactic throughout other parts of her article, using phrases such as, “nearly everyone got the disease,” and “[t]he diseases . . . can lead to hospitalization or even death,” as well as, “victim,” “severe,” “risk,” and other frightening words (qtd. in Haelle). Through these words and phrases, the author hopes to “scare” the readers away from their previous beliefs. While these examples prove effective in adding to Haelle’s argument, there are too few of them and the article would benefit from an addition of more appeals to the reader’s