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In doing so, she instills an image in her listeners’ minds of children no more than four feet tall. Also, she describes “the deafening noise of the spindles” to the audience to plant a spine-chilling feel for the work conditions children must endure (line 20). Additionally, Kelley mentions that a girl just turning thirteen leaves for work “carrying her pail of midnight luncheon as happier people carry their midday luncheon” (50-51) to show the differences in working during the day versus all night. Stating that “happier” people work during the day instills an image of depressed young children heading off to work all night long. Kelley describes how these young children “carry bundles of garments from factories to the tenements” (75-76); by doing so, she is trying to instill the picture of girls six and seven years of age knocking on doors with bundles of clothes unlike the free children who would normally skip from door to door selling Girl Scout
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Pursuing this further, Kelley uses pathos to gain sympathy from the audience for young and innocent children when she repeatedly states “tonight while we sleep” (18-35). The idea that “while we sleep” children are working in horrible work conditions so that the audience may have shirts to clothe their backs and shoes to warm their feet instills pity and disgust in the audience (35). When Kelley states “we do not wish this” (78), she is sympathizing with the audience by including herself in this statement. In addition, expressing to the audience the fact that “we are almost powerless” indicates there is something the audience and herself can do to take a stand (79-80). She asks the audience, “Would the New Jersey Legislature have passed that shameful repeal bill enabling girls of fourteen years to work all night, if the mothers in New Jersey were enfranchised? (59-63). Kelley asks this question to make the audience realize being mothers themselves, if they where able to vote such laws would favor the children. Kelley continues, by asking the audience “What can we do to free our consciences?” (85). In doing so, she wants the audience to think about the question to engage them into a very important line in this speech: “We can enlist the workingmen on behalf of our enfranchisement…as we
Pursuing this further, Kelley uses pathos to gain sympathy from the audience for young and innocent children when she repeatedly states “tonight while we sleep” (18-35). The idea that “while we sleep” children are working in horrible work conditions so that the audience may have shirts to clothe their backs and shoes to warm their feet instills pity and disgust in the audience (35). When Kelley states “we do not wish this” (78), she is sympathizing with the audience by including herself in this statement. In addition, expressing to the audience the fact that “we are almost powerless” indicates there is something the audience and herself can do to take a stand (79-80). She asks the audience, “Would the New Jersey Legislature have passed that shameful repeal bill enabling girls of fourteen years to work all night, if the mothers in New Jersey were enfranchised? (59-63). Kelley asks this question to make the audience realize being mothers themselves, if they where able to vote such laws would favor the children. Kelley continues, by asking the audience “What can we do to free our consciences?” (85). In doing so, she wants the audience to think about the question to engage them into a very important line in this speech: “We can enlist the workingmen on behalf of our enfranchisement…as we