Rhetorical Analysis
An “Un-American Bill”: A Congressman Denounces Immigration Quotes Congressman Robert H. Clancy, in his essay, Un-American Bill, artistically describes the terrible problems of the Johnson-Reed Act on immigrant in America. Clancy’s purpose is to notify the reader of the unjust racism that the Act imparts on the hard working immigrants who came to America. He adopts a compassionate tone in order to touch the cold hearts in Congress who had contributed to the nearly unanimous voted for the passing of the bill. Clancy supports his argument of racial discrimination in the Johnson-Reed Act by appealing to the undeniable cruelty of the Act, the overpowering racism that had taken its toll on America, and the validity behind supporting the immigrants who shed the same sweat and blood for the land that they love. …show more content…
He highlights the vast unfairness by telling tales of grief from stoic immigrant families, examples being, “no fair-minded person with a knowledge of the facts can say the Jews or Detroit are a menace to the city’s or the country’s well being” (Clancy, 2), as well as “they bear up under the terrific strain of life and work in busy Detroit.” (Clancy, 2) He discusses this hard to swallow topic in order to bring together Americans of all kinds as a single entity with a single voice. This sharing of tragedy brings forth a feeling of guilt from those who are used to taking the hard working immigrants for
An “Un-American Bill”: A Congressman Denounces Immigration Quotes Congressman Robert H. Clancy, in his essay, Un-American Bill, artistically describes the terrible problems of the Johnson-Reed Act on immigrant in America. Clancy’s purpose is to notify the reader of the unjust racism that the Act imparts on the hard working immigrants who came to America. He adopts a compassionate tone in order to touch the cold hearts in Congress who had contributed to the nearly unanimous voted for the passing of the bill. Clancy supports his argument of racial discrimination in the Johnson-Reed Act by appealing to the undeniable cruelty of the Act, the overpowering racism that had taken its toll on America, and the validity behind supporting the immigrants who shed the same sweat and blood for the land that they love. …show more content…
He highlights the vast unfairness by telling tales of grief from stoic immigrant families, examples being, “no fair-minded person with a knowledge of the facts can say the Jews or Detroit are a menace to the city’s or the country’s well being” (Clancy, 2), as well as “they bear up under the terrific strain of life and work in busy Detroit.” (Clancy, 2) He discusses this hard to swallow topic in order to bring together Americans of all kinds as a single entity with a single voice. This sharing of tragedy brings forth a feeling of guilt from those who are used to taking the hard working immigrants for