Rhetorical Analysis Of Animal Cruelty

The rhetorical situation and context my paragraph responds to regards the difficulty of establishing an appropriate penalty for cases of animal cruelty. This paragraph will be my first paragraph, discussing how scientists have indicated that individuals who commit cases of animal cruelty are often perceived to suffer from a mental disorder (Wilson and Norris, 2003). Consequently due to the perpetrator’s inability to think rationally, sentences applied for these cases may be reduced and this in turn, has caused many perpetrators to become repeat offenders and also become violent towards humans. This notion will be explored by researching multiple sources that all utilize a variety of rhetorical devices such as literary devices and rhetorical …show more content…
Consequently these individuals who become repeat offenders suggest their applied penalties are not severe enough, however this issue becomes more complex when they are declared to possess mental deficiencies. Drawn Drucker exhibits this notion through her passionate tone highlighting how penalties currently enforced are not effective enough and individuals capable of hurting an animal should be considered a sociopath (Drucker, 2010). As the rhetor, Drucker utilizes a variety of rhetorical appeals and literary techniques to persuade responders her passionate outlook. She underscores that these perpetrators do not acknowledge the fact that these creatures are capable of feeling physical and emotional pain, reinforcing their disturbed and perverse characters (2010). Drucker’s rhetorical decision to reiterate the innocent nature of animals through the rhetorical appeal of pathos, engages readers by generating feelings of empathy through descriptive word choices such as “helpless” and “defenseless” which seeks to convince audiences the vulnerable state of animals (Drucker, 2010). Such complex issues emphasize the difficulty in determining a penalty for these criminals, as many