Rhetorical Situations of Child Labor 

Child Labor 

Samit Datta 

Source 1: 

Slavery Ensnares Thousands in U.K. Here’s One Teenage Girl Story.
Link to newspaper article 

Summary:
In the New York Time newspaper article “Slavery Ensnares Thousands in U.K. Here’s One Teenage Girl Story.”, we are introduced to a scenario in U.K.  As the author advance with the scenario, the mood and tone changes, such as bringing up drugs and being armed with knife. We finally meet a teenage girl, a victim of slavery, talks about her experience. The story talks about how a chat with a random person in social media led to being enslaved and used. 

Rhetorical Situation: This article exists to bring awareness to the readers about slavery that occur in the UK and how it effects the children. 

Purpose: To talk about slavery in UK that many people are unaware of and a perspective of what it was like being a slave. 

Audience: Even though the incident happened in UK, the audience are people who reads the New York Times often as this information was spread out digitally. Another group would be someone who been a victim of slavery, or someone who is interested in child labor or slavery issue. 

Genre: New York Time is a American newspaper located in New York City, which has worldwide influence and readership 

Stance: Informative stance 

Source 2: 

A Story of Chocolate and Child Labor
Link to article 

Summary: In “A Story of Chocolate and Child Labor” by the former U.S Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, under the publication of HuffPost, we meet Emmanuel, 10 years old boy who goes to work every day to cut coco pods and collect cocoa beans to make chocolate. With data evidence and reports, Solis talks about the issue of child labor and how much people it effects. 

Rhetorical Situation: This article exists to explain by a former US. Secretary of Labor about the child labor issue and introduce a child laborer who talks about his experience. This article can be usefully for anyone who needs a reliable source for their child labor topic. 

Purpose: Just like the New York Time post, the main purpose is to bring awareness to child labor. The article provides alarming data and report give a wake-up call to the reality of child labor. It proposes help fight child labor. 

Audience: This appeals to HuffPost readers, those interested in child labor, or possibly students who are looking for reliable source. 

Genre: HuffPost is an American news and opinion website that writes blogs and articles about current issue locally and internationally. 

Stance: Informative stance 

Source 3: 

Commit to Ending Child Labor Now!
Link to the blog 

Summary: In the blog, Commit to Ending Child Labor Now! by the ILRF, it talks the celebration of World Against Child Labor Day. It also talks about the importance of the day and how the movements got to where they are today 

Rhetorical Situation: The reason the blog was created is to celebrate World Against Child Labor Day and talks about the movement and its history. 

Purpose: To inform people the World Against Child Labor and talk about history of how movements became the movements, along with their success in preventing child labor practices. 

Audience: This appeals to the members of the child labor movements, people who reads blog from ILRF, or someone who is interested in child labor. 

Genre: ILRF (International Labor Rights Forum) is a non-profit organization that writes blogs about child-related issues 

Stance: Supportive stance toward ending child labor 

Source 4: 

Child Labour
Link to topic 

Summary: In the topic about Child Labour by the Global Dimension, the topic talks about what child labor is, how it effects the kids. goals and development to prevent child labor and why it is necessary to talk about child labor to students. 

Rhetorical Situation: The topic exists to explain child labor and encourage people to talk about the issue to their students/kid. They also explain the goals and development to prevent child labor practices, 

Purpose: The main purpose to provide information to people who wants to understand child labor and would like to use this website for reliable source. 

Audience: This can appeal researchers who are looking for reliable source or someone who is interested in child labor 

Genre: The Global Dimension is an organization that provide resources, case studies, and other information for educators to help about the issues in their work. 

Stance: Informative stance

Work Cited:

Yeginsu, Ceylan. “Slavery Ensnares Thousands in U.K. Here’s One Teenage Girl’s Story.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 18 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/world/europe/uk-modern-slavery.html?rref=collection/timestopic/Child Labor&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=collection.

Solis, Hilda, and Hilda Solis. “A Story Of Chocolate And Child Labor.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 29 July 2016, www.huffpost.com/entry/a-story-of-chocolate-and_b_7899998?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFhmmpbJyqOEmiZmb49dZQQwb3teOwP369O-08t7rxssMYxZsC94WuyJmTzb8DOSoZc3CBX7V755o_AzRisW1MdF-nBclpsMOANvjfLtgXz2u2RMSQUvCi3NLU9-FiRT7ncmrLnaKkgFpOlBrPiBkTDjXs0D0jG87AWs47ulnce3.

“International Labor Rights Forum.” Commit to Ending Child Labor Now! | International Labor Rights Forum, laborrights.org/blog/201806/commit-ending-child-labor-now.

“Child Labour – Global Issues Feature Article.” Global Dimension, 27 July 2018, globaldimension.org.uk/child-labour/.