Wollstonecraft brilliantly sews together a a persuasive piece for her time aiming to cajole former bishop Talleyrand in appeal for support of women’s rights. And thus, Wollstonecraft addresses the issue of women’s rights in a fashion that appeals to British aristocracy using a cleve mixture of both pathos and logos. She make logical arguments about how the education of women is necessary to uphold christian family values within the family. Additionally Wollstonecraft uses an appeal to emotion with her alienation of the Islamic faith to further solidify her stance on women’s rights. However offensive and controversial this piece would have been in contemporary times, at the time she wrote this there is no doubt on how effective this piece must’ve been in terms of persuading her intended audience.
Young, on the other hand, delivers a comical yet eye-opening speech about the objectification of the disabled. A issue she has been witness to probably more so than others with her involvement in that discourse community. Her speech identifies the morale issues of using disabled people as what she calls “inspiration porn.” Her use of provocative words keeps the audience captivated and her use of humor allows them to further humanize the issue at hand. Young does an excellent job in bringing to light how one is subconciously undermining the status of a fellow human being just because they are disabled when we engage with posts that glorify disabled people for doing everyday tasks.
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