Analytical essay: Refugees Welcome Movement
The rhetoric I have chosen consist of the ongoing humanitarian refugee crisis that Syrian people are going through each and every day, while war cripples the country. The author of the rhetoric shows how the world was woken up to the crisis after a video clips emerged and a picture from the video went viral around the globe. A Syrian child covered in dust and blood sits in an orange ambulance chair, gray and alone. His stunned, mute face has been hailed a "symbol" of his country 's devastation and suffering (Tharoor). The article also states the traumatic events of the Syrian child who was washed up on a Turkish beach. Last year, the image of the drowned toddler Alan Kurdi, his lifeless body resting on a Turkish beach, seemed to wake up the outside world to the misery and horror of the Syrian refugee crisis. But despite an outpouring of global woe and lamentation, little changed. (Tharoor) Syrian children are bombed when they’re in the homes, if they leave they drown. It seems like they’re doomed either way and little help is being done to help the …show more content…
This can be determined by the distressing images and text within the article that would not be suitable to people under the age of eighteen-year-old as it may cause emotional distress. The intended audience age being above 18 can also be determined by the sophistication of the dialog involved in the article such as words like ‘ghastliest’ and ‘constellation’ A certain level of intelligence is needed to comprehend such words. The vast majority of teenagers and younger readers are more than likely not going to be familiar with such dialog and therefore there understanding of the article would be limited. This is why the audience considerations are important. If the dialog was to basic, the intended audience may not be drawn into the article and gripped by the information
The rhetoric I have chosen consist of the ongoing humanitarian refugee crisis that Syrian people are going through each and every day, while war cripples the country. The author of the rhetoric shows how the world was woken up to the crisis after a video clips emerged and a picture from the video went viral around the globe. A Syrian child covered in dust and blood sits in an orange ambulance chair, gray and alone. His stunned, mute face has been hailed a "symbol" of his country 's devastation and suffering (Tharoor). The article also states the traumatic events of the Syrian child who was washed up on a Turkish beach. Last year, the image of the drowned toddler Alan Kurdi, his lifeless body resting on a Turkish beach, seemed to wake up the outside world to the misery and horror of the Syrian refugee crisis. But despite an outpouring of global woe and lamentation, little changed. (Tharoor) Syrian children are bombed when they’re in the homes, if they leave they drown. It seems like they’re doomed either way and little help is being done to help the …show more content…
This can be determined by the distressing images and text within the article that would not be suitable to people under the age of eighteen-year-old as it may cause emotional distress. The intended audience age being above 18 can also be determined by the sophistication of the dialog involved in the article such as words like ‘ghastliest’ and ‘constellation’ A certain level of intelligence is needed to comprehend such words. The vast majority of teenagers and younger readers are more than likely not going to be familiar with such dialog and therefore there understanding of the article would be limited. This is why the audience considerations are important. If the dialog was to basic, the intended audience may not be drawn into the article and gripped by the information