Rita Soronen’s article, “We are abandoning children in foster care” from Cable News Network gives chills even with its title alone. This article is a striking reminder of the thousands of children without homes or who are still in abusive homes in America. Soronen’s persuasive writing style makes her article extremely effective in its purpose: spreading awareness of this issue.
In the article’s first paragraph Soronen states that in 2012, 23,439 children turned 18 and were forced to leave foster care. This striking fact gets readers’ attentions immediately, and forces them to continue forward. The opening statement is a good introduction to the dark, pressing issue Soronen covers in her article. She gives a real life example of a child who …show more content…
I agree with Soronen when she says that children who move from abusive situations to foster homes—and then are moved from foster home to foster home—have too much instability. This sets the stage for a hopeless future. Statistics of what happens after foster care, specifically in regards to homelessness, unemployment, unplanned pregnancy, PTSD incidence, and imprisonment allow readers to see how hopeless these children’s’ futures seem to be. Soronen’s consistent use of statistics drives her argument, as the concrete details add to the reader’s interest and …show more content…
She gives a heart-breaking quote from Renee about how she does not have any guidance, and her brother, Dante gives a similar claim that all he wanted was a home.
Soronen ends her article stating that many Americans do not know about the thousands of children in foster care. She even goes as far as stating that those in charge of their protection fail to come up with better solutions than the failing system we have now. She urges all Americans to work harder to help in this cause by calling their state representatives or governors to focus on the foster care system. . I agree that it’s unacceptable that these children do not have homes, but I believe that for such a persuasive article, there she should give more suggestions on how to fix the issue
In the article’s first paragraph Soronen states that in 2012, 23,439 children turned 18 and were forced to leave foster care. This striking fact gets readers’ attentions immediately, and forces them to continue forward. The opening statement is a good introduction to the dark, pressing issue Soronen covers in her article. She gives a real life example of a child who …show more content…
I agree with Soronen when she says that children who move from abusive situations to foster homes—and then are moved from foster home to foster home—have too much instability. This sets the stage for a hopeless future. Statistics of what happens after foster care, specifically in regards to homelessness, unemployment, unplanned pregnancy, PTSD incidence, and imprisonment allow readers to see how hopeless these children’s’ futures seem to be. Soronen’s consistent use of statistics drives her argument, as the concrete details add to the reader’s interest and …show more content…
She gives a heart-breaking quote from Renee about how she does not have any guidance, and her brother, Dante gives a similar claim that all he wanted was a home.
Soronen ends her article stating that many Americans do not know about the thousands of children in foster care. She even goes as far as stating that those in charge of their protection fail to come up with better solutions than the failing system we have now. She urges all Americans to work harder to help in this cause by calling their state representatives or governors to focus on the foster care system. . I agree that it’s unacceptable that these children do not have homes, but I believe that for such a persuasive article, there she should give more suggestions on how to fix the issue