Is manner significant to a protest today? Could it be possible that this might also cause significant impact to their cause? The government is building the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock in North Dakota. The Dakota Access Pipeline is an oil pipeline from Bakken oil fields to Illinois. The American Indians are protesting because the oil pipeline might contaminate the water supply in the area and will destroy sites of cultural and historical significance. In “An Indian Protest for Everyone,” an article in the New York Times from 2016, the author builds an argument that American Indians at Standing Rock created a new form of protests by using evidence, reasoning, and elements of persuasion, to strengthen his argument.
The author used evidence to persuade his audience that American Indians at Standing Rock created a new form of protests. For example, in paragraph 5, the author stated a fact that “more than 300 tribes were physically represented at the protest camp, at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers.” This quote from the …show more content…
For example, in paragraph 12, when the author made an emotional appeal when he said, “We do not have, like the African-American civil rights movement, a single institution like slavery to define our struggle, and a hard date when that was to have ended. But the protest at Standing Rock does have something Dr. King possessed, and that is dignity in the face of dire opposition.” Another example can be found in paragraph 5, when the author made another emotional appeal that says “more than 300 tribes — including my tribe, the Ojibwe — were physically represented at the protest camp, at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers.” These appeals invoke sympathy from the reader. It is also a powerful appeal because it makes the readers feel what the author wants them to
The author used evidence to persuade his audience that American Indians at Standing Rock created a new form of protests. For example, in paragraph 5, the author stated a fact that “more than 300 tribes were physically represented at the protest camp, at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers.” This quote from the …show more content…
For example, in paragraph 12, when the author made an emotional appeal when he said, “We do not have, like the African-American civil rights movement, a single institution like slavery to define our struggle, and a hard date when that was to have ended. But the protest at Standing Rock does have something Dr. King possessed, and that is dignity in the face of dire opposition.” Another example can be found in paragraph 5, when the author made another emotional appeal that says “more than 300 tribes — including my tribe, the Ojibwe — were physically represented at the protest camp, at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers.” These appeals invoke sympathy from the reader. It is also a powerful appeal because it makes the readers feel what the author wants them to