The poaching of elephants and the ivory trade has become an extremely pressing and controversial issue over the past few years, most noticeably in Botswana perspectives have been altered and bias has been made. This issue has sparked unrest and controversy all around the world. Protests began in Botswana concerning it, dividing the environmentalist from the poachers. From the 1970’s to the late 1980’s, elephant populations were slaughtered due to the legal regulated trade in ivory, which ultimately opened the door for the laundering of illegal ivory. In order to stop this, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, placed a ban on the ivory trade in 1989. For a while, this action did prove to be somewhat successful,
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“..,because of ivory hunting”(Iwanusa, 15). This is her way of stating the obvious underneath the picture therefore creating bias by placement. This subordinating conjunction creates a specific tone when saying that this African elephants are the ones endangered. “It is a job that can be done with the elephants still alive (although I am in no way suggesting that)!” (Iwanusa, 15). She gives advice to the poachers, in a way respecting why they are doing this however refutes it with her stream of conscious by revoking it and making it clear she would never do that to the sacred soul of the elephant. “How then do I have the right to condemn these poachers when we use animals for some ridiculous reasons as well?” (Iwanusa, 15). This gives the audience an impression that Iwanusa is attempting to understand the other perspective, which is the ivory poacher. and simple states the confusion of most and declares that “For many of us, the act is difficult to comprehend”. “But Instead,.. First of all,.. Granted,... As far as we know,...” (Iwanusa, 15). These transitions used guide the reader to conclude and see her point of view and creates the understand of her stance on the environmental issue presented in the title “Economic benefits from hunting ivory in Africa not worth the costs.” When the …show more content…
At first Iwanusa structures her rhetorical question with the attempt to understand the opposing side by stating,“What is the mindset of a poacher?”(Iwanusa, 15), and “Why did CITES have this sudden change of heart?” (Iwanusa, 15) in addition to the question, “How then do I have the right to condemn these poachers when we use animals for some ridiculous reasons as well?” (Iwanusa, 15), showing empathy towards the other side and having a reality check within her own mind, of the ability of judgement, and the hypocritical statement she is defending. However she uses her strength of her paradigm and asks the following to reiterate her stance: “But is it necessary?” (Iwanusa, 15),“Why should we add another animal to the now nearly endless list of extinct species?” (Iwanusa, 15) , “How many elephants will be killed before and after the selling commences?” (Iwanusa, 15), this creates bias due to the fact you can obviously see her environmentalist side coming back out and aggressively enveloping the reader's mind. Another syntactical device she uses is a relative pronoun, which, in the following excerpt, “With CITES officially announcing this new plan, the poachers will take in money, which will supply their weapons and ammunition,
“..,because of ivory hunting”(Iwanusa, 15). This is her way of stating the obvious underneath the picture therefore creating bias by placement. This subordinating conjunction creates a specific tone when saying that this African elephants are the ones endangered. “It is a job that can be done with the elephants still alive (although I am in no way suggesting that)!” (Iwanusa, 15). She gives advice to the poachers, in a way respecting why they are doing this however refutes it with her stream of conscious by revoking it and making it clear she would never do that to the sacred soul of the elephant. “How then do I have the right to condemn these poachers when we use animals for some ridiculous reasons as well?” (Iwanusa, 15). This gives the audience an impression that Iwanusa is attempting to understand the other perspective, which is the ivory poacher. and simple states the confusion of most and declares that “For many of us, the act is difficult to comprehend”. “But Instead,.. First of all,.. Granted,... As far as we know,...” (Iwanusa, 15). These transitions used guide the reader to conclude and see her point of view and creates the understand of her stance on the environmental issue presented in the title “Economic benefits from hunting ivory in Africa not worth the costs.” When the …show more content…
At first Iwanusa structures her rhetorical question with the attempt to understand the opposing side by stating,“What is the mindset of a poacher?”(Iwanusa, 15), and “Why did CITES have this sudden change of heart?” (Iwanusa, 15) in addition to the question, “How then do I have the right to condemn these poachers when we use animals for some ridiculous reasons as well?” (Iwanusa, 15), showing empathy towards the other side and having a reality check within her own mind, of the ability of judgement, and the hypocritical statement she is defending. However she uses her strength of her paradigm and asks the following to reiterate her stance: “But is it necessary?” (Iwanusa, 15),“Why should we add another animal to the now nearly endless list of extinct species?” (Iwanusa, 15) , “How many elephants will be killed before and after the selling commences?” (Iwanusa, 15), this creates bias due to the fact you can obviously see her environmentalist side coming back out and aggressively enveloping the reader's mind. Another syntactical device she uses is a relative pronoun, which, in the following excerpt, “With CITES officially announcing this new plan, the poachers will take in money, which will supply their weapons and ammunition,