Claims, Reasons, Assumptions

Claims, Reasons, Assumptions

In the very first paragraph of the article, “Put Your Money Where Their Mouths Are” the author assumes that all Democrats are worried about global labor laws. This may alienate some of the readers of this article if they happen to be a Democrat. The author also assumes that most people won’t agree on his stance that child labor is ok in other countries. He claims that child labor and other aspects of labor that may not be accepted here is ok because those jobs are the livelihood of others. The author also claims that child labor is wrong, however, he uses that to his advantage saying that “Children in Africa will be much better off with a hot meal and an education” (Kristof 129). The Author makes his reasoning stronger by showing both sides of the argument and showing how his side is more practical. He shows this by using a personal example of a boy named Abakr. A specific story like this grabs the reader’s attention and plays of emotions to call the reader to action. The author uses other good reasons to prove his point. One, is that he uses stats to back up his point to give his article credibility.  The author also uses examples that have already happened. The example he used was that many Pakistani women lost their jobs because Asia developed a faster way of stitching up soccer balls. Overall I think that the author did a great job in his word choice to get emotions from his audience to convince them of his point of the argument.