Encourage The Golden Rule Rhetorical Analysis

Imagine the largest stadium in the world filled up with fans; more than that many people are on the national organ transplant waiting list. The transplant waiting list is growing constantly, unlike the donation transplant list. Joseph S. Roth’s wrote an inspiring essay titled “Encourage the Golden Rule of Organ Donations, Transplant Coverage,” that provides crucial information on the significance of organ donation. In the essay, Roth incorporates a proposal, the Golden Rule, which permits health insurers to limit transplant coverage for patients who refuse to be organ donors. This legislation would require insurance companies to provide information at each policy renewal about how policy holders can register to become organ donors. This essay

was impressive from the beginning with its unforgettable hook, its somber tone, and its supportive evidence.
The author hooks readers from the start with a shocking story of a woman who suffered a stroke and had ideal organs to donate. The patient's husband, who was on a transplant list for a heart, refused to donate the organs. Roth then follows that story with one about a woman who received a kidney and years later when she past away, the patient's family refused to donate the organ. These two stories were good attention grabbers for the audience and engaged the reader's emotions. Roth then clarifies these cases are rare, but they do happen time to time. That statement allows readers some relief about the situation, but they realize transplant donations need to increase.
Roth coupled the patients stories with a serious tone throughout the essay.

The sense of need and compassion for organ donors is palpable. The tone in the essay conveys anger and frustration. Roth talks about how ruinous it is watching patients die while vital organs go to waste. When Roth speaks about the struggles of watching organs squander it brings emotion to the essay that helps readers connect to the author. Roth also adds quote that are relatable to all ages like, “treat everyone the way you want to be treated.” The Golden Rule that Roth proposed would prompt us all to do our civil responsibility and look out for fellow citizens. This allows the audience to convey that if they refuse to donate their organs, they can not rely on someone to donate for them. Roth also stated that in the United States, we rely on a state of altruism, and that would not change under the Golden Rule Law. This enables the audience to reflect on how they rely on others and work together to survive. Roth uses the words lifesaving and generous gifts to explain donated organs. Using recognizable words makes it easier for readers to portray the importance of organ donations. The author uses the audience's values and sense of fair play to get them connected to the essay. The compassion in Roth’s tone and the way he informs the audience of this issue is compelling and helps readers have the ability to understand the importance of

donating.
Equally important in this essay is the use of convincing evidence to draw the audience into the story.

First, Roth states that the percent of registered organ donors is 43%. That informs readers on the shockingly low number of people who are registered donors. Towards the end of the essay, Roth puts in a snip about Israel that relates to the idea of the Golden Rule. Israel was ranked among the bottom of western countries to donate organs and now they are the first in the world to incorporate “non medical” criteria into the system. A heart transplant surgeon was angered when he figured out that some of the lives he had saved had no intention of ever donating organs. So, the Israeli system now gives transplant priority to people that are registered organ donors. After Israeli constructed the rule, people in their country were lining up to register. This gives the audience a real-life example of how the Golden Rule could dramatically increase organ donations. Roth provides valid statements from personal experiences and from additional sources that creates a reliable and factual

essay.
Although the essay had a strong argument and persuasive essay, it failed to include how the Golden Rule was going to be made a law and who was going to be incorporated. Roth has a compelling story to get readers to donate organs, but never provided information on where to register to donate. Additionally, Roth talks about the frustration of people dying in his state and how more registered organ donors would save more lives in New Jersey. New Jerseyans are the author's intended audience, but is the law only going to affect New Jersey residences? Roth never clearly defines whom the law is intended for and how immense it will be. The author also gives a real-life example of how the Golden Rule Plan worked in Israel; however, its effectiveness was declined by his failure to use numbers or stats to represent the increasement of transplant donors.
The essay “Encourage the Golden Rule for Organ Donations, Transplant Coverage,” establishes many inexorable facts of our lives. The transplant waiting list is vastly increasing and the United States does not have enough organs to save these patients. To Roth, this is an unchangeable fact at this time because people fail to know the facts and statistics of organ transplants. Roth created this essay to help people understand the importance of donating and to help spark a generous response in organ donations. The author provided a reliable informative essay to expedite a positive change in today's society.