Goodwin Parker Poverty

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ANAYSIS OF “WHAT IS POVERTY?”

Analysis of “What Is Poverty?” Conveying to the authors wishes of digression, George Henderson published an article to the public about a woman and her three children facing social and economic struggles within a community. Jo Goodwin Parker spoke to the journalist about the painful experiences she and her children faced living a sorrowful life governed by poverty. She utilizes her reader’s potential to put aside emotion as well as realize the conceptuality of poverty. Parker’s speech is effective, by using repetition, pathos and ethos, as well as sharing personal experiences, she connects with her readers to effectively direct a sense of perspective to define …show more content…

However, reading this article does not stop the reader from dealing with other emotions such as, anger and the self determination to do what is right. In Paragraph 8, Parker states “Poverty is remembering. It is remembering quitting school in junior high because “nice” children had been so cruel about my clothes and my smell”. This sentence is effective in connecting with someone who has ever been bullied in school because of weary clothing and angers a reader who sees a young girl bullied her way out of an education. Ethos, Parker uses in paragraph 14, Parker states, “Others like me are all around you. Look at us with an angry heart, anger that will help you help me. Anger that will let you tell of me. The poor are always silent. Can you be silent too?” This effectively evokes self-determination from an individual who knows that there can be a way to help people such as Parker and her children. By not being silent, by doing what Parker is asking, anyone who reads this article can be effective in doing what is ethically right when it comes to standing up for those in desperate need facing

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