Alec Arvizu
Amador
English
08 December 2017
Analysis Essay #3
United States social worker and reformer Florence Kelley, in her speech, explains the harsh working conditions of children under the age of 17. Kelley’s purpose is to convey the idea that, adjusting voting laws and contributing to diminishing child labor will help make the nation better. She adopts an accusatory tone in order to convince the people of the United States that child labor laws must be changed.
Kelley begins with forceful emotional appealing to the guilt of her audience pathos and logos. She urges the audience to empathize the victims of child labor. For Instance, in the opening sentence of her speech Kelley gives the audience an idea of the of the problem."Two million children under the age of seventeen years who are using their bread." She begins her speech with a strong, shocking statistic that forces her audience to care. She causes sympathy to her audience, and then effectively connects the problem with voting laws. She makes the audience feel guilty for resting and relaxing, while children all over the world are working for hours. …show more content…
Kelley cites the issues of child labor, she states “Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills, all night through, in the deafening noises of the spindle and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool, silks and ribbons for us to buy. Kelley wants her audience to consider the rights and wrongs of child labor. she successfully establishes an uneasy feeling in her audience. This recognition of injustice helps Kelley with her goals in diminish child labor and adjusting voting laws that can prevent the horrible treatment of children. By Getting the audience in feeling uneasy she is able to bring her to the
Amador
English
08 December 2017
Analysis Essay #3
United States social worker and reformer Florence Kelley, in her speech, explains the harsh working conditions of children under the age of 17. Kelley’s purpose is to convey the idea that, adjusting voting laws and contributing to diminishing child labor will help make the nation better. She adopts an accusatory tone in order to convince the people of the United States that child labor laws must be changed.
Kelley begins with forceful emotional appealing to the guilt of her audience pathos and logos. She urges the audience to empathize the victims of child labor. For Instance, in the opening sentence of her speech Kelley gives the audience an idea of the of the problem."Two million children under the age of seventeen years who are using their bread." She begins her speech with a strong, shocking statistic that forces her audience to care. She causes sympathy to her audience, and then effectively connects the problem with voting laws. She makes the audience feel guilty for resting and relaxing, while children all over the world are working for hours. …show more content…
Kelley cites the issues of child labor, she states “Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills, all night through, in the deafening noises of the spindle and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool, silks and ribbons for us to buy. Kelley wants her audience to consider the rights and wrongs of child labor. she successfully establishes an uneasy feeling in her audience. This recognition of injustice helps Kelley with her goals in diminish child labor and adjusting voting laws that can prevent the horrible treatment of children. By Getting the audience in feeling uneasy she is able to bring her to the