Rhetorical Analysis “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” addresses the urgency for a more generous world. Peter Singer presents valid points within his work in a way that provokes one to question their morals and ethics. He rationalizes the gift of donation in an unconventional but motivating manor. The purpose of “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” is to encourage the reader to reevaluate his or her ability to contribute to the underprivileged people of the world. Singer is writing to any person with the ability to donate.
TUI UNIVERSITY Bob C. Smith Module 1 Case BUS 303 – Business Communications Dr. William Smithers 28 February 2010 Persuasive Memo TO: Booster Club Officers; R. Jones, President; J. Branson, Vice President; A. Connor, Secretary; J. Peters, Treasurer FROM: B. Smith, Boss DATE: July 26, 2012 SUBJECT: Company fundraising efforts The company fundraisers you run serve a great purpose; they raise money to enhance morale and camaraderie; free food and entertainment at the summer picnic, reduced tickets to the Christmas party and free gifts, and going away and retirement certificates. However, there are entirely too many fundraisers. These money making events are having a negative effect, causing a drain on people and resources. There are few active members who plan, set-up,
Poverty around the world is recognized and known by everyone but overlooked just as equally. People focus on the luxuries and expenses and don’t realize the help all this money would serve to the unfortunate thousands struggling to make ends meat. All the designer shoes and over priced handbags will eventually turn into last week’s fashion, but will sparing a child’s life be as simple to forget? In the article The Singer Solution To World Poverty, Peter Singer portrays many different hypothetical scenarios contrasting some people’s upfront selfishness to world poverty and other people’s disguised selfishness toward it. The author explains that many Americans, middle class, unknowingly refuse to aid the elimination toward poverty around
Posters were made and published everywhere, with biased messages designed to persuade people to do things that helped the war effort. Some of the posters would mock the men who weren’t fighting at war (you’re proud of your pals in the army of course! But what will your pals think of you? Think it over!) , some would tell people to save food and help the war (do with less, so they’ll have enough; save a loaf a week, help win the war), some would persuade women to go and work whilst their men fought, some used patriotism to lure people into the army (follow me, your country needs you; BRITONS you join your country’s army!
Singer used Ethos by mentioning his book that he wrote in 1996 called “Living High and Letting Die” to help support his thesis. The book was designed to probe the reader’s intuitions about whether it is wrong to live well without giving substantial amounts of money to help people who are in hunger, malnourished on dying from illness that could easily be treated (Peter Singer). Singer uses a particular pathos, in his article to make his readers feel guilty about not helping to feed the needy. By providing information in his article, Singer encourages the reader to donate their
McKenzie Schmitt Ms. Crosbie AP English 11 1, December 2011 We all Need a Helping Hand With the Grain Growing up in a poor household Dennis Clausen and his family were the true image of the less fortunate side of America in the 1950’s. Clausen wrote an essay entitled, The Kindness of Strangers, where he states how he benefited from outside factors such as welfare, to help him and his family survive. This family, which consisted of an injured mother, an absent father, and five children, are one of the common families that would go through welfare. The benefits of welfare are able to shine throughout this paper, where the reader is able to see first hand how it was able to change a whole family. One is able to see how greatly Clausen’s family benefited from these welfare checks and how in the end the family was able to complete the circle of welfare and give back to society.
Since no one accepted a realistic proposal he offered, “a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food.”He was suggesting that poor Irish families could sell their children as food to the wealthy for money. His satirical proposal was meant to mock the heartless attitudes towards the poor and British policy in Ireland. In this proposal, Swift also wanted to search for a solution for, “preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country.” Life was so difficult that begging was the only way families could survive. The streets were filled with mothers who begged for money or food for their children. Children would usually be sold as slaves, become thieves, or leave Ireland to fight.
Why did he need money? His grandma had been brought a fatal disease without money to operation. He earned money to help her illness, but it seems impossible with his negligible salary. He really needed money to save her, and that was a big reason he came to this show. He is respectful grandchild.
Though we strongly encourage recreation as a healthy way to fill leisure time, should we accept clients in our facilities knowing that they are in debt with the community? Take this popular situation for example. A family would like to enroll themselves in a 10-week outdoor education program. This family is in debt, and has not been repaying the debts off regularly for lack of means. The cost of this course is $200 per member, totaling at an expense of $800.
To help families overcome their grief a group of people launched a charitable fund to help defray burial cost to help them mange with their everyday life. This fund was the first of its kind. The reason why they made this group was because families of homicide victims were forced to cope with funeral expenses right after the death of a loved one. The state pays for some of the cost for funerals but not a lot. The money they give them will help them a lot and will help them “not worry about the money and set the time aside to grieve for the lost loved one and begin the process of healing” said Brown.