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Meryl Streep's Arguments Against Donald Trump

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When I first saw this article, I thought it was just going to be about another celebrity ranting against president Trump in a public setting. It did start out that way by describing how Meryl Streep brought many of her fans and fellow celebrities to tears by describing how heart broken she was by Trump’s actions. The example she used was when Donald Trump was recorded mocking a disabled reporter. Trump of course denied the rumour and many fans of Trump stated that Streep was what was wrong with the “liberal elite”. However, these comments against Meryl by Trump supporters was not the main point of this argument. The article then continued to go into how many people from the disabled community actually spoke up against her to reveal a shocking …show more content…
In this article I believe you can see that the writer is on the side of the disabled community, and agrees with them. She doesn’t show her bias a lot though. You can tell by the style of her writing that she hopes that you see that this is a problem that needs more attention. When appealing to emotion it is all about style and structure. Just the style of sentence evokes emotion in a person and it can be either positive or negative. The way a writer effectively hits the pathos side of things is by making sure their writing will appeal to you on a more personal level. This will then make you enjoy the article, but also make you want to argue on their side. Not only did she use her style of writing, but also some examples of situations in the real world to help you understand. The author is trying to get you on their side by appealing to your sentimental side in showing that not often do disabled people get to follow their dreams and be actors. They are not often times casted, and mostly just blocked out of this world. They can’t even play people like themselves, which is a quote from Kody and was big and bold in the middle of the article. The author was obviously trying to send a message to the reader that this a very sad situation for the disabled community that the entire Hollywood scene has left them out. The author has stated many times that actors are just trained to be disabled and often times just go back to being their normal able bodied self which would be impossible for the real disabled

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