TOW #20 - After Shootings, Indians are Wary of Coming to U.S.

On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called Defense of Fort M’Henry. These words were soon turned into “The Star-Spangled Banner” and known as the national anthem for the United States of America. People from all over the world would travel to America to obtain a better life. However recently in America, people have felt very unsafe and uncomfortable living in the country that used to be known for its freedom. On February 22, 2017, a devastating shooting took place that took the lives of two Indian engineers in a Kansas bar by a drunk man questioned their immigration status. Someone asked “Why do you even need to go to the States? Why do you need to go to a country that doesn’t want you?” (Sharma). People all over the country are experiencing this doubt of whether it is worth staying in the States. They have become very aware after this shooting how unsafe it is for Indians to live their lives throughout America. Ever since Donald Trump has become president people have become more observant of the races that are not white. They question whether they are officially citizens of the United States and do anything in their power to try and prove they are not citizens, even by killing them.  

The rhetorical devices used in this New York Times article After Shootings, Indians Are Wary of Coming to U.S. by Ellen Barry and Nida Najar, are the appeal to pathos and the appeal to ethos. The author uses a lot of true examples from people all around the world to help show the audience how the views of Americans has deeply affected the lives of every single person on this earth. People are scared to live in the United States and it is Trump’s beliefs that have created an increase in violence in the United States. The author also uses these examples to make themselves credible as they use real life examples of how the shooting affected the lives of many people throughout the world.

            I believe that the authors proved their purpose because they effectively proved the effects the shooting in the Kansas bar had on people all over the world. People have become afraid to live in the United States, and honestly after Trump became president, I am too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/world/asia/after-shootings-indians-are-wary-of-move-to-us-in-age-of-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0