Rhetorical Analysis Of Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen uses many styles to successfully address the problem of hunger in America. The essay itself is more informative and eye-opening than it is persuasive. However, she uses rhetoric appeals to ultimately and effectively persuade us to her call to action. Anna is an experienced writer, having received many awards for her works, but that is not what makes her credible in this essay. She carefully uses ethos to show that she should be and the essay should be taken seriously, besides her use of statistics. Her use of ethos is shown through her use of quoting people that see the problem described in the essay. She did this by using a statement from Brian Loring, the executive director of Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County, Iowa, a credible source. In his statement he says, “Families are struggling in a way they haven’t done for a long time.” Quindlen used his words to show that it is an evident problem, as well as using the consensus of other food bank workers who explained hunger was just not a homeless problem. Her use of Ethos is also evident when she herself tells of an experience she had first hand with a woman who faced the problem she so effectively presents, “She had three kids who ate breakfast and lunch at school, her food stamps …show more content…
She effectively approved and addressed the problem by her use of logos. She talks of the problem with numbers, showing the severity of the problem. Anna talks of the number who get free and cut-rate lunches at school. She also implies the severity of hunger during the summer for children by emphasizing the difference between those signed up for free and cut-rate lunches and the lunch summer program. Quindlen also directly discusses the rise in requests for food assistance, “A group of big-city mayors released a study showing that in 2000, requests for food assistance rose 20 percent, more than any time in the last