Persuasion In William Carlos Williams The Use Of Force

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William Carlos Williams wrote this short story called “The Use of Force” in order to portray the life of a doctor and how sometimes a doctor may have to use force to save lives. There are different methods a doctor can use to persuade others to do what they are being asked of. There are many ways to persuade others to do what is being asked of them, including being nice and charismatic, by using statistics and facts, or finally using force. These methods are being used by doctors today to convince people to do what is being asked of them and these persuasion are helping save lives.
The first method of persuasion is being nice and charismatic. doctors are not bad people and shouldn’t be seen as frightening. Doctors are your friends who are letting you know how to better your health or recover from a sickness. Doctors are always friendly and want what’s best for you. When people go
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The only people who may see doctors as scary are children but this because they do not know better. Even though kids may think doctors are scary, the doctor may tell them a joke to lighten up the mood.
In the story, “The Use of Force” you could clearly see where the doctor makes an attempt to be nice or charismatic. in the story after the doctor walks in he attempts to be nice, trying to look into the little girl’s throat. in one paragraph of “The Use of Force” it states “I smiled in my best professional manner and asking for the child’s first name I said, come on, Mathilda, open your mouth and let’s take a look at your throat.” Right here in the story you could see how the doctor is doing his best to be kind. The doctor called the child by her first name and even smiled to show her he’s friendly. Matilda refuses to open her mouth so the doctor makes another attempt, the doctor states “aw, come on, I coaxed, just open your mouth wide and let me take a look. Look, I said opening both hands wide, I haven’t anything in my hands.just open up and let me see.”

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