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An article from Nation Public Radio talks about about a women being sex trafficked which was written to inform the reader about the sadness and fear of these events. This article takes place right in our own country. All these events are sad and scary, when writing “ One Women’s Story” the author uses the technique of pathos to hook the reader in to a emotional story. This article is targeting a women audience because when women hear about these kinds of acts they can understand and empathize with the victim. That is why the author is using pathos because they know the audience is mainly women and will trigger more emotional response.
The author uses ethos by showing who she get her information from. Some of these sources are the anti-trafficking network that helps victims of human sex trafficking have a network of people who can help them, and understand what they are going threw. Being a women author can increase the credibility of her words. If a man was to write the same article it might not have as much of an impact. Sara Learner, the author, of this article has written many articles about human sex trafficking. This illustrates her credibility because she has vast knowledge and research on this topic.
The significance of this article is to inform a large audience. Nation Public Radio can reach the whole United States listeners. In addition, this article is online for thousands to read. Having these two different ways of connecting and informing people about the epidemic of human sex trafficking is better than just one sources. The main points of this article is the lack of ability to help all victims because many are not U.S. citizens. Also, many of the pimps exploiting these women are promising a brighter future in the U.S. which in reality is not true.
Sara is using logos to persuade the audience to see how important this matter really is. Some of the ways she is doing this is by giving state department facts to support her arguments. Sara shows how human sex trafficking is happening right in our own country and the government is just pushing it under the rug and not giving it the attention it needs.