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Moran's Credibility And Suicide Case Study

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Moran’s credibility stems mainly from her personal experience with her lifestyle as a prostitute. Moran used pathos in her editorial to grasp an emotional response from the reader. After a year of being an orphan under the state’s care Moran started to sell herself and eventually turned to cocaine. For several years she was mentally destroyed with low self-esteem, and has no desire to return to the streets.

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