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Summary Of Me Too By Mujey Dumbuya

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The author uses a strong pathos appeal by telling the story of the young girl, According to the article “Mujey Dumbuya who immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone at age three and had always aspired to be a police officer. Mujey had hoped to use her position and the law as a force for social justice in order to put the perpetrators behind bars. Sadly, her life was taken at age of 15, which prevented her from achieving her goals. At the age of 15, Mujey was raped in her high school parking lot, then went missing and later found murdered in the woods. It was believed that she was murdered so she would not be able to testify against her accuser”. The article is attempting to get its audience to feel sadness and have empathy as it references …show more content…

The reference to the articles being published and other examples are used as a reference and reasoning technique to show and build credibility toward the movement, its existence, and support from many. The reason technique is used to build credibility towards the article and the primary argument that the movement is being misused. By providing this examples, it justifies the argument that the author has presented. The reference is also showing the audience that there are many stories out there and again building on the issue that sexual assault is happening all around us. Furthermore, the authors use of not only ethos technique here, but also uses pathos in order to humanize the topic of sexual …show more content…

The article demonstrates different rhetorical situations by drawing in readers through the different stories and examples that appeal to the audiences via their emotions. This allow readers to relate and think how they would feel if this happened to them, therefore influencing the audience to support the cause. When we think about how people are inspired by a situation; it is done by providing data, examples, and sharing personal stories that will touch others, which aids in gaining support for issues being represented hence, supporting issues that the “Me Too” movement

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