Imagine, you give birth to a child with a physical disability. Then, knowing that you cannot give the child the care it needs, you give it up to the government that claims they will take care of your baby. You later find out that your kid is being abused to the point of dying. Isn’t that an outrage? In the novel, The Boy from Baby House 10, authors John Lahutsky and Alan Philps describe the abuse occurring in the Russian childcare system. The writers convince their audience that action needs to be taken against the ongoing mistreatment of disabled children in Russian orphanages through imagery. The authors included imagery in order to emphasize the harsh conditions in the baby houses, while making the reader sympathize with the children. In
