Gary Younge’s article “Why the Gun Control Movement Fails” was very effective. Younge establishes credibility by visiting with families who lost loved ones due to gun violence. He uses emotional appeal by talking about how Kenneth Mills Tucker was killed and he is logical in his presentation of facts at the end of his article. I will now explain how Younge establishes credibility in his article.
Younge presents himself as credible in his article. It is important that he is credible in this article, because people won’t want to listen to him if they don’t believe he is credible since this is such an important topic. He gives examples of his authority over the topic of gun violence throughout the entire article by visiting with families and …show more content…
So by using other people’s words it makes him look more credible even though he isn’t the one saying those words. One of the main reasons Younge is credible is because he presents himself as very professional by using correct language throughout his article and because his article was published by a professional source. Another reason that he is credible is he is a writer for The Guardian (a British newspaper). He also went to college at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Although he didn’t share this information in his paper this still makes him credible because he is a professional author. In my next paragraph I will analyze how Younge uses emotional appeal.
Younge’s use of emotional appeal in his article is very strong. It is important that Younge makes an appeal to the reader’s emotions because this is an emotional topic. Whenever people are killed by guns it is extremely emotional for the friends and families of the people who were killed by gun violence. Emotional appeal is heavily used throughout the first four paragraphs and is only used sparingly throughout the rest of the article. Losing a loved one is extremely emotional and Younge uses that to explain …show more content…
In fact, it was a big part of his argument. His use of logic was important because this topic requires a logical approach to solve the problem. He points out that there are too many guns in America and that was one of the reasons he believes the gun control movement fails. This was a very logical approach to the problem of gun violence because there are too many guns in America, there’s no possible way you can seize all of them. An example of this is when he was interviewing Judy Williams (a leader of the Mothers of Murdered Offspring group) and she says “The reality of it is, they are not going to do away with guns in this country…. The fact is that they are so plentiful on the streets and people have them…. It's ludicrous to think you can take guns out of people's homes in this country…. It ain't gonna happen” (Younge 1). This is true because there is now way you can get rid of all the guns in America. He also points out that banning a certain type of weapon would also be very
Younge presents himself as credible in his article. It is important that he is credible in this article, because people won’t want to listen to him if they don’t believe he is credible since this is such an important topic. He gives examples of his authority over the topic of gun violence throughout the entire article by visiting with families and …show more content…
So by using other people’s words it makes him look more credible even though he isn’t the one saying those words. One of the main reasons Younge is credible is because he presents himself as very professional by using correct language throughout his article and because his article was published by a professional source. Another reason that he is credible is he is a writer for The Guardian (a British newspaper). He also went to college at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Although he didn’t share this information in his paper this still makes him credible because he is a professional author. In my next paragraph I will analyze how Younge uses emotional appeal.
Younge’s use of emotional appeal in his article is very strong. It is important that Younge makes an appeal to the reader’s emotions because this is an emotional topic. Whenever people are killed by guns it is extremely emotional for the friends and families of the people who were killed by gun violence. Emotional appeal is heavily used throughout the first four paragraphs and is only used sparingly throughout the rest of the article. Losing a loved one is extremely emotional and Younge uses that to explain …show more content…
In fact, it was a big part of his argument. His use of logic was important because this topic requires a logical approach to solve the problem. He points out that there are too many guns in America and that was one of the reasons he believes the gun control movement fails. This was a very logical approach to the problem of gun violence because there are too many guns in America, there’s no possible way you can seize all of them. An example of this is when he was interviewing Judy Williams (a leader of the Mothers of Murdered Offspring group) and she says “The reality of it is, they are not going to do away with guns in this country…. The fact is that they are so plentiful on the streets and people have them…. It's ludicrous to think you can take guns out of people's homes in this country…. It ain't gonna happen” (Younge 1). This is true because there is now way you can get rid of all the guns in America. He also points out that banning a certain type of weapon would also be very