Saving The Homeless As A Nation:
Kevin Fagan, the author of “Homeless, Mike Dick Was 51, Looked 66” is a staff writer for the San Francisco chronicle who has covered homelessness nationally through 2003 to 2006. In this essay, Fagan is observing the life of a man named Mike Dick, who is a homeless man in San Francisco. Fagan uses pathos in the essay as well as ethos, and comparisons to provide examples in forming an effective argument for creating a change involving the homeless around the nation. Throughout the essay, Fagan is one on one with Mike in his rough environment providing a first-hand experience for the target audience, who is the nation and country as a whole.
When Fagan writes this essay, the target audience is clearly the nation or country. Fagan states this explicitly toward the end of the essay “The nation needs to commit as a whole” (Fagan, 336). Fagan shows his stance on the issue of homelessness around the world, he …show more content…
Hahn also claims that that number will rise every year. This comparison by Fagan doesn’t just show the age difference, but they have all have far more problems than non-homeless their age such as emphysema and other ailments. Everyone knows how older people can’t bear the cold like younger people. Therefore, older people are subject to more dangerous conditions. Fagan uses this statistic to prove that nothing is being changed because these people have never been taken off the street and their health continues to get worse and worse. Most of the homelessness going on today is from what is called the “big boom” of homelessness- Fagan notes on pg. 335. It all started back in the 1980s and now all those that were affected are suffering and aging until they eventually
Kevin Fagan, the author of “Homeless, Mike Dick Was 51, Looked 66” is a staff writer for the San Francisco chronicle who has covered homelessness nationally through 2003 to 2006. In this essay, Fagan is observing the life of a man named Mike Dick, who is a homeless man in San Francisco. Fagan uses pathos in the essay as well as ethos, and comparisons to provide examples in forming an effective argument for creating a change involving the homeless around the nation. Throughout the essay, Fagan is one on one with Mike in his rough environment providing a first-hand experience for the target audience, who is the nation and country as a whole.
When Fagan writes this essay, the target audience is clearly the nation or country. Fagan states this explicitly toward the end of the essay “The nation needs to commit as a whole” (Fagan, 336). Fagan shows his stance on the issue of homelessness around the world, he …show more content…
Hahn also claims that that number will rise every year. This comparison by Fagan doesn’t just show the age difference, but they have all have far more problems than non-homeless their age such as emphysema and other ailments. Everyone knows how older people can’t bear the cold like younger people. Therefore, older people are subject to more dangerous conditions. Fagan uses this statistic to prove that nothing is being changed because these people have never been taken off the street and their health continues to get worse and worse. Most of the homelessness going on today is from what is called the “big boom” of homelessness- Fagan notes on pg. 335. It all started back in the 1980s and now all those that were affected are suffering and aging until they eventually