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Rhetorical Analysis Of Earning Their Bread By Florence Kelley

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In our generation, subjects such as child labor no longer exist, and we can thank our ancestors for this, But the question remains, what was society like when such an evil act was embedded into the norms? Florence Kelley, social worker and reformer, presented a speech that urged citizens to ban child labor; the speech vocalized how evil this act was and uses many examples to appeal to one’s emotions and morality. Right off the bat, Kelley asserts, “...Children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread,” which appeals to the reader’s logic and reasoning as well as inform the reader. “Earning their bread” is a metaphor for survival of the fittest, a common and well-known phrase; this metaphor tells the readers that these

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