In his 1830 letter to his dear wife, Sukey, John Downe, a weaver from England who migrated to the United States, employs a compelling and intimate tone in order to entice his spouse to migrate to the US with their kids. Downe appeals to his wife’s aptitude through persuasive ethics, logical statistics, and emotional appeals in order to apprise her of all the opportunities this nation holds, contemplating her to move too him.
Downe initiates his letter by utilizing ethics through a benevolent and faithful tone in order to put forth the fact that this nation holds such welfare that can initiate a better living for them and their children. He establishes a strong base for his argument by talking about how he has already found a career as a “manager of a big factory” in a “pleasant vale.” The fact that he has already beginning a job aids Downe to curtail the concerns Sukey might have had over the economic situations that they would have faced if they moved there. The diction of “vale” also enables Downe to clarify the concerns his spouse might have had over where they would live and if It was going to be benign for their kids, which would …show more content…
Downe reminds Sukey of how much he care for their children as he jargons about “crossing the Atlantic ten times” because he does not want to hear his children bellow. The loving tone utilized here enables Downe to emphasis the fact that whatever he is doing is so their family can live a happy life, parading to Sukey that he cares very much about his kids. Downe then follows up his caring statements by helping Sukey visualize that America is a place of equality. He illustrates how the lowest of class of young women wear “veils and parasols.” By using imagery Downe succors Sukey into believing that this is a tremendous place to raise a
Downe initiates his letter by utilizing ethics through a benevolent and faithful tone in order to put forth the fact that this nation holds such welfare that can initiate a better living for them and their children. He establishes a strong base for his argument by talking about how he has already found a career as a “manager of a big factory” in a “pleasant vale.” The fact that he has already beginning a job aids Downe to curtail the concerns Sukey might have had over the economic situations that they would have faced if they moved there. The diction of “vale” also enables Downe to clarify the concerns his spouse might have had over where they would live and if It was going to be benign for their kids, which would …show more content…
Downe reminds Sukey of how much he care for their children as he jargons about “crossing the Atlantic ten times” because he does not want to hear his children bellow. The loving tone utilized here enables Downe to emphasis the fact that whatever he is doing is so their family can live a happy life, parading to Sukey that he cares very much about his kids. Downe then follows up his caring statements by helping Sukey visualize that America is a place of equality. He illustrates how the lowest of class of young women wear “veils and parasols.” By using imagery Downe succors Sukey into believing that this is a tremendous place to raise a