Rhetorical Analysis Of The Singer Solution To World Poverty

Rhetorical Analysis of “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” The article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” is written by Peter Singer and published in 1999 by The New York Times Magazine. Peter Singer gives his solution to a way Americans can be freed from poverty. Singer believes that Americans spend more money on items that are considered luxury instead of things that they may need. He also believes that if Americans use that money for the less fortunate in other countries we can stop world poverty. The importance of this article is that he provides a different aspect on something that we have to witness every day. Singer’s audience is Americans who are not considered to be poor. Singer provides a logical solution to freeing the world of poverty but he doesn’t include the ways to why people of the world will not agree with this logic, and he doesn’t take any consideration of the thoughts of others and their money and the future consequences. …show more content…
“By his calculation, 200 dollars would help a sickly-two year old transform into a healthy six year old offering a safe passage through childhood’s most dangerous years”(Singer). People work hard for the money that they have so subsidizing luxuries and things they think are necessary will be difficult for anyone no matter how charming they are. They would like to be able to afford nice things for themselves, their children, and other family members. Not everyone is good at managing their money well, so this will ultimately be a huge sacrifice to a lot