1) I simply looked at the most recent news articles that have been
posted on the home page of Google News. I did not type in any keywords or have to
narrow my search to find a current event.
2) “Immigration Issue Gets a Renewed Push as President Obama calls
for Action” written by Eric Adler from the Kansas City Star is the article I
chose. The article is discussing President Barak Obama calling on congress to
develop a plan for immigration reform. Included in the article is a bipartisan
group of senators that are also working toward reform. They are striving to create a “pathway
to citizenship.”
The article starts off by
presenting the standpoint of immigration reform by using logos. The writer,
Adler, purely states the current situation with immigration reform.
Instantly after, the writer uses pathos. The emotional appeal the writer
uses makes his article seem slightly biased. After reading
Adler’s article, readers may think differently about if immigrants should stay
in America. They may possibly have the mindset that immigrants should.
Alder uses pathos by writing about Pacheco in his article. Alder writes, “Age 34 now, Pacheco, who is an undocumented house painter, came to the United States on his own from Mexico City at age 19, nearly half a lifetime ago, “for more opportunity, a better life (Alder).” He later goes on to explain that Pacheco had two children that were born U.S. citizens, but one of his children passed away from leukemia. Even though he is an illegal immigrant, “the overarching reason Pacheco wants to be a U.S. citizen, he said, is to honor the memory of his son, to provide his daughter with the American dream of a college education and the better life he wanted them to have (Alder)." Readers may have sympathy for Pacheco after reading the article. If so, they may be in agreement with President Obama about having immigration reform. They may want them to stay in the United States.
Not only does the writer use Pacheco to persuade the reader by using pathos, but also Lesley. Adler writes, “Lesley is one of about 40 students at Alta Vista soon to receive a Social Security card, giving her legal status in the U.S. under “deferred action,” the policy enacted by Obama in June that allows hundreds of thousands of young people brought illegally to the United States as children to remain as law-abiding residents (Adler).” He also writes in his article that Lesley said “the prospect of lasting reform takes away the fear that parents will be ripped from their children (Adler).” That statement alone could possibly persuade a reader to fight for an immigration reform because they may sympathize with the fact that some children will be growing up without parents.
Alder uses pathos by writing about Pacheco in his article. Alder writes, “Age 34 now, Pacheco, who is an undocumented house painter, came to the United States on his own from Mexico City at age 19, nearly half a lifetime ago, “for more opportunity, a better life (Alder).” He later goes on to explain that Pacheco had two children that were born U.S. citizens, but one of his children passed away from leukemia. Even though he is an illegal immigrant, “the overarching reason Pacheco wants to be a U.S. citizen, he said, is to honor the memory of his son, to provide his daughter with the American dream of a college education and the better life he wanted them to have (Alder)." Readers may have sympathy for Pacheco after reading the article. If so, they may be in agreement with President Obama about having immigration reform. They may want them to stay in the United States.
Not only does the writer use Pacheco to persuade the reader by using pathos, but also Lesley. Adler writes, “Lesley is one of about 40 students at Alta Vista soon to receive a Social Security card, giving her legal status in the U.S. under “deferred action,” the policy enacted by Obama in June that allows hundreds of thousands of young people brought illegally to the United States as children to remain as law-abiding residents (Adler).” He also writes in his article that Lesley said “the prospect of lasting reform takes away the fear that parents will be ripped from their children (Adler).” That statement alone could possibly persuade a reader to fight for an immigration reform because they may sympathize with the fact that some children will be growing up without parents.
Readers may interpret the article
written by Adler contrarily, if they were indifferent about immigration
reform. They may sympathize with Pacheco and Lesley, but still have their
opinion why they should not stay in the United States. They may also give
reasons or state facts on how immigrants are negatively affecting the nation.
Readers may even come to the conclusion that the predicaments that some of the
immigrants are facing in the United States would have been avoidable if
they stayed in their native country.
3. I did not put any thought or effort into my research because the current events on Google News were easily available. However, in the future, I may have to search harder for an article and use keywords that can be beneficial to finding accurate information for research. I think this article gave was useful. Readers were able to get insight from an actual immigrant’s point of view. I was able to identify with the article because my grandparents are immigrants. If they were not able t become citizens of the United States, I would not be who I am today, or where I am at this very moment.
3. I did not put any thought or effort into my research because the current events on Google News were easily available. However, in the future, I may have to search harder for an article and use keywords that can be beneficial to finding accurate information for research. I think this article gave was useful. Readers were able to get insight from an actual immigrant’s point of view. I was able to identify with the article because my grandparents are immigrants. If they were not able t become citizens of the United States, I would not be who I am today, or where I am at this very moment.
Work Cited
Alder, Eric. "Immigration Issue Gets a Renewed Push as President
Obama Calls for Action."KansasCity.com. N.p., 29 Jan. 2013.
Web. 30 Jan. 2013.
That's very interesting that the article focused on emotional appeals by describing Pacheco's story as the foundation to describe the need for immigration reform. What might be a different way the writer could have described the exigence at hand? What would be the effect if they had focused on numbers and statistics of immigration in America to describe the problem?
ReplyDeleteThe writer could have kept his article generic. He could have went into detail on what the immigration reform is, and stated the pros and cons on an immigration reform. If Adler, the writer, were to have focused on numbers and statistics to describe the problem, I think people would be less reluctant to reading his article, and would feel indifferent about his article after they had read. The readers would have been more able to make their own opinion about the reform than being persuaded by the sympathizing story used.
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