Rhetoric analysis based on rhetoric triangles is predominantly the study of how a writer or a speaker would influence the audience. The analysis mostly come in a form of an essay that breaks down a presentation that is nonfiction. The in-depth study is developed to show how the various parts bring out a certain effect. Some of the most common areas of analysis include the informative or entertaining artefacts. The paper will touch on an informative artefact concerning the modern child labor in the developing countries. The cognitive rhetorical triangle that will get to be used in the study of the artefact will be the audience-writer- message approach.
In a larger part of the human history, it has been found that children have been servants in learning most of the handy works. The services of underage indi
...viduals reached its peak at the times of industrial revolution. The children were forced to work in dehumanizing and unhealthy environments with the least pay. Most of the employers had the perception that children were easy to manage and control and would never complain upon receiving lesser pay than the adults. Most of the Children took up the jobs in a bid to help their families and thereby compromising on their schooling program. There emerged some labor reformers in the late nineteenth century who advocated for a restriction in the employment of small children, but due to market crash, the public opinion still got swayed and the use of children in the industries was still as good as any other mature workforce.
The impact of child labor in the United States of America is one of the top forces that gav
a new definition to the new social and economic stratification in the nation in the period between the last two centuries. Child labor had its roots in agriculture and the handicraft economies (Rubin, 87). The children would always be hired out to other large scale farmers so that they would offer their services in cleaning of cowsheds and feeding the animals. Upon the colonization of the African countries and the spread of industrial revolution, there were many immigrants in the country of the United States. The immigrants replaced most of the children in the textile industry (Yellowitz, 3). It would be important to note that child labor continued in most areas of the economy. In the mid of the 19th century, some educational reformers emerged to convince the public that primary school education was necessary and important for the growth of the nation. Most of the American states responded by establishing the minimum requirements for school attendance and also the wages for different types of works in the industries.
Since then, there have been efforts to eradicate child labor. In 1904, the American leaders Brought together their efforts in a joint National Child Labor Committee (Smith, 530). The joint venture pioneered the techniques of mass political action. Some of the political tools they used included mass actions and investigation by experts. The article points out that the great depression changed political attitudes in the United States in a manner that the child labor reforms hand an upper hand. Some other attributes that killed the child labor menace include the introduction of machines in the industries. The machines were able to cut the use of children in
two days. Most of the tasks accomplished by the children were quickly mechanized. The underage workforce also seemed to be very undesirable for the operations of the machines because only responsible and skilled individuals were needed to operate the machines. Although child labor is a thing of the past in the modern world and culture, there are still some organizations and countries that violate the internationally recognized laws governing child abuse. An exquisite example is the employers in the garment industry in New York City. They have recruited children from illegal immigrants. The children can provide cheap labor so that they can fairly compete with the cheap imports from the Asian countries. In addition, some children continue to work for longer hours or in the worst case scenario, hold prohibited jobs.
Audience-writer-message approach of Analysis
The primary goal of rhetorical analysis through the audience-writer-message approach is to put into great value the purpose and audience of the given situation. In a more specific approach, the analysis touches on the content of the source, its purpose and the background of the author. Some of the other factors of consideration are when and the forum in which the article was published. The analysis will reserve the judgment on the proficiency and relevance of the piece of article. First and foremost, Irwin Yellowtiz is the author of the article “Child Labor” on history.com site. He earned his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1961. He was privileged to work as a member of Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers. Ha served a ten year period between 1988 and 1998. From mid the year 1998, he served as
the New York Labor History Association. He was also a member of the Council of the American Association of the University Professors. His background gives him a richer platform in which he can exquisitely deliver information on labor issues in form of articles and blogs.
The purpose of Irwin’s article engages the reader in a critical thinking as it communicates the message that child labor is an issue that the modern world is trying to neglect. As suggested earlier in the paper, the underage children employed in the industries go there contrary to their will. Basically, they are in a bid to make ends meet for their families. He brings out the message more clearly by pointing out the fact that the children work in dehumanizing conditions and get less pay in return. The audience in this particular article is any reader who might be interested in informative articles from the internet and blog posts concerning socio economic issues within a given society. The paper adopts some strategies in order to exhaustively perform the rhetorical analysis. In accordance with the thesis statement of the article, child labor should be a non-intent issue within any organization or government. For such a dream to come true in countries like America, the author points out that there should be a significant introduction of machines to take up the jobs of the children. Besides, there are more scholars and non-governmental organizations that have come out to emancipate the general public on the importance of primary education. The reader will easily perceive that for a better development and successful progress of a country, the education system should be the one that
cultivates skills alongside ethical attributes of life as early as possible in the life of the small kids. Machining a child in his or tender age will make him become quite irrelevant in other social circles of life.
The writer has a purpose of explaining the various forces that have either promoted or curtailed the propagation of the misuse of underage children in the industries. He gives an example of the US committees with the objectives of killing the inhuman and illegal misuse of kids. The joint efforts had a lot of impact in letting the world know that child labor is the greatest reject of the American people. On the other hand the Professor balances the scale by pointing out that there are still some other individuals who promote child labor for the purposes of the profitability of their business empires. In summary, the strategies used in the analysis of the paper will make the reader aware of the initial intentions of the author.
Work Cited
- Rubin, G. (2009). The" political economy" of sex. Feminist Anthropology: a reader, 87.
- Yellowitz, I. (2013). Child labor. History Channel Online, A&E Television Networks, LLC.
- Smith, T. L. (1969). Immigrant social aspirations and American education, 1880-1930. American Quarterly, 21(3), 523-543.
