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Analysis Of Bring A Little Warmth To The Homeless By Elise Elliot

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After bonding with a homeless man, Elise Elliot expressed her empathy towards the homeless in a newspaper article, prompting that it’s time to “Bring a little warmth to the homeless’. Given their dire lifestyle and living conditions, Elliot encourages fellow Australians to make a small gesture towards the homeless and take action towards our less fortunate compatriots. As Elliot aims to convince Australians that the homeless are weak and vulnerable, she opens her statement with an emotive response to the recent murder of the homeless Wayne "Mouse Peer . By using the words "stabbed to death" and “worried about him”, Elliot aims to demonstrate the severity of the issue, further highlighting the “ambos attended to his slashed face’’ Elliot also puts into perspective the constant danger for the homeless with the phrase “Easy prey for drunk and bored thugs”. This proclivity by thugs show the genuine insecurity of the homeless and further demonstrates the “scared” and “worried” circumstances that the homeless are residing in. …show more content…

By using statistics such as “Fifty- Three percent of women who require assistance for homelessness are fleeing domestic violence” and “The only alternative for many elderly people where the average rent for a one bedroom unit is $300 a week- that takes 63 per cent of the aged pension.” This use of statistics puts the audience into perspective of the current dreadful situation that the homeless are residing in and their dreadful backstory. By focusing on “Hardworking Elderly women,” Elliot shows the widespread effected victims and invites her audience to contemplate the abysmal state of the

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