Scott Russel Sanders in his essay “Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World” challenges Salman Rushdie and his belief that migration makes people “root themselves in ideas rather than places.” Sanders challenges his point by saying that by rooting oneself, “we might begin to pay heed and respect to where we are.” Through the author’s use of objecting Rushdie’s claims, juxtapozizing competitive thoughts, and appealing to a reader’s pathos, Sanders develops and shares his perspective on moving. Sanders anticipates any objections that could be made in regarding if rooting oneself in a place is any better than rooting oneself in an idea. He uses several allusions to historical American events, such as the New World, slavery in the colonies,
