“Girl Unprotected” by Laura Robinson was published on May 11, 2008. In this essay the author informs the reader about the dark side of hockey culture in Canada. Serious, formal, and objective tones are used throughout this essay in order to create a negative connotation without using negative forms of diction. This technique is used so that the persona created in the writing shows no bias, however has the ability to sway the readers opinion. In doing this, the author keeps an objective, unwavering stand on the issue, however plays with the readers sense of pathos and ethos. Pathos and Ethos are used within the essay as successful forms of argumentation and persuasion. Robinson begins with a second person point of view, connecting with the
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The thesis in paragraph five states that with maturity, the players girlfriends discovered that the limited sexual opportunities offered by their ex-boyfriends were truly twisted relationships that revolved around the all powerful coach. The coach of the Deseronto hockey team is said to have used his power and authority, metaphorically described as “an iron fist” in order to convince the boys and their girlfriends to comply with his demands. The author takes a position of opposition against the actions described of the coach. As mentioned in the first paragraph, the author choses to hide her position between the lines in order to keep a seemingly unbiased stand point. However Robinson uses multiple literary devices to make sure her opinion is understood by the reader. Evidence of her opinion is shown in the harsh diction used throughout the essay, the rhetorical questions, and the evidently ironic use of parallelism. The writer uses ironic parallelism to describe the questions asked of young women in the book “I Never Called It Rape”. A number of young women were asked if they had ever been raped or sexually harassed in their lifetime, most responded in the negative. A parallel structure was then placed to list off the next setoff questions the young ladies were asked. The irony quickly becomes obvious to the reader because if the answers to any of the questions are yes, then the young women would be describing the textbook definition of rape. Robinson then moves to discuss the sexism in the courthouse. She remarks about the events of the cases and that the women's cases against the coach were dropped. However the young boys cases still held standing in court. The young women are addressed as “ all of our daughters," tying the emotions of the reader into each of the cases and leading into the final points of the
The thesis in paragraph five states that with maturity, the players girlfriends discovered that the limited sexual opportunities offered by their ex-boyfriends were truly twisted relationships that revolved around the all powerful coach. The coach of the Deseronto hockey team is said to have used his power and authority, metaphorically described as “an iron fist” in order to convince the boys and their girlfriends to comply with his demands. The author takes a position of opposition against the actions described of the coach. As mentioned in the first paragraph, the author choses to hide her position between the lines in order to keep a seemingly unbiased stand point. However Robinson uses multiple literary devices to make sure her opinion is understood by the reader. Evidence of her opinion is shown in the harsh diction used throughout the essay, the rhetorical questions, and the evidently ironic use of parallelism. The writer uses ironic parallelism to describe the questions asked of young women in the book “I Never Called It Rape”. A number of young women were asked if they had ever been raped or sexually harassed in their lifetime, most responded in the negative. A parallel structure was then placed to list off the next setoff questions the young ladies were asked. The irony quickly becomes obvious to the reader because if the answers to any of the questions are yes, then the young women would be describing the textbook definition of rape. Robinson then moves to discuss the sexism in the courthouse. She remarks about the events of the cases and that the women's cases against the coach were dropped. However the young boys cases still held standing in court. The young women are addressed as “ all of our daughters," tying the emotions of the reader into each of the cases and leading into the final points of the