There Are No Children Here Rhetorical Analysis

Ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos are all rhetorical appeal methods that are used to persuade the audience into some sort of ultimate decision. “There Are No Children Here” by Alex Kotlowitz Is a book that shows all four rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos). Kotlowitz uses rhetorical appeals to tell the story of two young boys living in the projects in Chicago, Illinois. In the book the author uses rhetorical appeals when he brings the characters hardships to get the readers to sympathize with them, when the author states sources to show his credibility, and when he explains how past choices or actions affected something going on in the present. “There Are No Children Here” by Alex Kotlowitz is a nonfiction story about two young brothers Lafayette and Pharoah, who grew up in harsh living conditions in the …show more content…
This book shows the impact of the harsh conditions that it has on the children as the audience walks with the two brothers through their story. The title tells the readers about how the children living in these conditions must learn to grow up young because of the circumstances that they are in, compared to families with higher income. The title highlights the children’s fears and how it forced them into maturity because of the surrounding violence. With the story being nonfiction, it makes it apparent to the audience that the problems that these families are facing in the public housing projects are in fact real. Kotlowitz even shows the audience how these projects have been neglected by local government. Kotlowitz sheds light on the lack of resources and opportunities provided to the families living in the projects. With little or no help, families felt like they were trapped in the projects. Throughout the story, Kotlowitz argues how each child’s environment in which they grow up shapes them into the person they become