TOW #16 - “Defiant Voices Flood U.S. Cities as Women Rally for Rights”

All over the world, women joined forces to protest against Trump.  This protest occurred on January 21, 2017 the day after Donald J. Trump became the President of the United States. These protesters set out to protect the rights they believed President Trump would diminish. In the New York Times article, “Defiant Voices Flood U.S. Cities as Women Rally for Rights” by Susan Chira and Yamiche Alcindor, informs the audience about the peaceful protest with both women and men that fought for the rights people wanted to keep in America. Many people were devastated after Trump was elected president. They believed that the other candidate was going to be president and was going to fight for women and children equality. However, when the other candidate became president, the people knew they lost the president that could have helped. Everything that Donald Trump stated about women made most of the public frustrated. They did not want a president to be in office if he had so much disrespect towards women. Yet, “53 percent of white women voted for Mr. Trump” (Chira and Alcindor) which shows that women could look past his rude comments due to their belief he could benefit America as president. This protest occurred after the inauguration of a president that set gender views into question like never before.

            The rhetorical devices used in this article are an appeal to pathos and to ethos. This article appeals to pathos by using many examples of the reasons people were in the protest. The reasons presented in this article show the audience how the results of who was going to be the next president angered many people and made them lose hope in America’s future. Even though there were people who were happy when Trump became president, many readers felt the emotion that the protestors felt. This article also appeals to ethos by providing comments from both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This provides the audience with trust about the accuracy of the article.

            In this article, I believe that the authors proved their purpose because it clearly informs the audience the reasons for the protest and how the 2016 election affected people all over the world. People all around the world have different political views but this article represents how people can unite together to fight for a cause they believe in deeply.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/women-march-protest-president-trump.html?_r=0