Hoard Meals On Wheels Joan Acocella Analysis

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The author, Joan Acocella, begins this article by discussing her own personal experience with hoarding. She explains how her mother would hoard Meals On Wheels containers and even after repeatably emptying her over-filled cabinets, her mother would just re-fill them. This was a very good strategy to show a connection between the author and the topic in which this article was written about.

Throughout this article it was clear to understand that not only was it informative, but also entertaining and persuasive. Acocella continues the article by first explaining what hoarding began to be understood as and even including a definition of Hoarding Disorder from the A.P.A. which was a well use of ethos strategy.

Acocella then covers, over a few

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