Child labor, a topic that many of us often tend to forget about, that had a huge effect in the 20th century. Many people don’t understand the difference between child labor and child work. Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work industry that deprives children of their childhood, and interferes with their education. Child work, on the other hand, is when a child is working under safe and legal conditions. Florence Kelley uses logos and pathos to elucidate her point on why child labors conditions were so horrendous.
Child labor was an immense problem in the world, due to the fact that it puts children in danger. Florence Kelly explains how children six and seven are years of age are working in the cotton mills, and eight nine and ten in the coal breakers. She explains how These children are …show more content…
Kelly also makes this point to show the reader how many children were working. 2 million kids are endangered, wishing they wouldn’t have to work and have to support his family at such a young age. “Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills all night through… for us to buy”. Kelly uses pathos As a demonstration to the audience as persuasive guilt. She explains to the audience that while we are sleeping in our comfy beds enjoying our life, teenagers were working, day in, and day out. Kelly Florence shows in the article that in alabama there’s a law, in which no child under the age of sixteen shall work on a cotton mill at night. While georgia there is no restriction what so ever. She uses that law as a reason to why children should not be working. “We do not wish this, We prefer to have our work done by men and women“ kelly brings this quote shows the readers that children should not be working, and only men and women should represent the work
Child labor was an immense problem in the world, due to the fact that it puts children in danger. Florence Kelly explains how children six and seven are years of age are working in the cotton mills, and eight nine and ten in the coal breakers. She explains how These children are …show more content…
Kelly also makes this point to show the reader how many children were working. 2 million kids are endangered, wishing they wouldn’t have to work and have to support his family at such a young age. “Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills all night through… for us to buy”. Kelly uses pathos As a demonstration to the audience as persuasive guilt. She explains to the audience that while we are sleeping in our comfy beds enjoying our life, teenagers were working, day in, and day out. Kelly Florence shows in the article that in alabama there’s a law, in which no child under the age of sixteen shall work on a cotton mill at night. While georgia there is no restriction what so ever. She uses that law as a reason to why children should not be working. “We do not wish this, We prefer to have our work done by men and women“ kelly brings this quote shows the readers that children should not be working, and only men and women should represent the work