Rhetorical Analysis: "Where Sweatshops are a Dream"
Blog post #5 "Where Sweatshops are a Dream" is an article by Nicholas D. Kristof that discusses how sweatshops are actually beneficial in places like Phnom Penh where jobs are scarce, and people dream of having a job in a sweatshop. He claims that there should be even more sweatshops to help employ those living in harsh conditions, or as Kristof describes it, a "Dante-like vision of hell", which is a figurative allusion to one of the most grotesque literary works in history. The author goes on further to describe the scene with pathos by saying that there are barefoot children running around trying to scavenge for plastic cups to sell, which are worth five cents a pound. A woman with a child living in a shack on this massive heap of garbage says that she'd much rather work in a sweatshop because at least it's air-conditioned, and she doesn't have to worry about her child getting run over by a garbage truck. Kristof paints a scary picture that shows ju