Women Confronting War
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forfattareJennifer Turpin’s “Women Confronting War” provides the reader with a deeper understanding of the specific challenges faced by women during times of war. Turpin uses word placement to set the mood of the essay and an effective tone of compassion and yearning for her audience, the public and policy-makers, to understand the truth. These elements provide the reader with the information needed to read this piece in a solemn mood with the intent of understanding, as the author intended. The author plays on the values of many societies to invoke pathos and establishes ethos through the use of statistics and anecdotes which also ground the author’s logos.
The very first word of the essay is, “war” (324). This lets the reader know that the essay is on a very serious topic. This sets the mood for the reading. It makes the reader aware that they are going to be confronted with many sad facts which should be examined carefully and the full implications of them understood. Turpin repeats this process again in other sections beginning with “Rape” (326) and “Prostitution” (327) as solitary words, highlighting their importance. The author’s desire to have the reader understand the truth about the unique effects war has on women can be seen has the author highlights how “it is important to examine the many faces of women confronting war” (324). Not only does this show Turpin’s desire for her audience to learn, it shows her compassion for those many women suffering. By showing her good nature, Turpin draws the reader in to explore the rest of her work.
At first the author makes grand claims, without providing support, which leads the reader to question her. However, eventually she comes to provide staggering figures such as the escalation of civilian deaths in World War II at 50% to 90% civilian deaths in the 1990s, of which most were women (325). Such vast numbers shock the reader, by invoking emotions of disbelief, and pushes them discover more of these hidden truths; these numbers simultaneously reinforce the readers confidence in the authors legitimacy. Reinforcements of shock are provided throughout the essay, such as the tale of the “cite[d] sexual attacks on women and girls by camp guards” (326). Another strong emotion the author invokes it pity. The author presents the reader with thoughts of anguish mothers feel carrying the babies of their enemies (326) and how many women come to be “viewed as tainted, worthless ‘property’” (327). The author’s use of pity provides the reader with a strong emotional tie to the cause at hand.
Additionally, the author relies on western society’s self-opinion of being a fair and just society to provide a challenge. Turpin asserts this society has “a cultural acceptance of violence against women” (328). To anyone reading this essay, this seems like a personal affront and accusation. This pushes the individual to act in such a manner that defies the claim; therein, Turpin has not only provided education on the subject of women in wartime but has also started a movement of non-violence against women in peacetimes as well.
The very first word of the essay is, “war” (324). This lets the reader know that the essay is on a very serious topic. This sets the mood for the reading. It makes the reader aware that they are going to be confronted with many sad facts which should be examined carefully and the full implications of them understood. Turpin repeats this process again in other sections beginning with “Rape” (326) and “Prostitution” (327) as solitary words, highlighting their importance. The author’s desire to have the reader understand the truth about the unique effects war has on women can be seen has the author highlights how “it is important to examine the many faces of women confronting war” (324). Not only does this show Turpin’s desire for her audience to learn, it shows her compassion for those many women suffering. By showing her good nature, Turpin draws the reader in to explore the rest of her work.
At first the author makes grand claims, without providing support, which leads the reader to question her. However, eventually she comes to provide staggering figures such as the escalation of civilian deaths in World War II at 50% to 90% civilian deaths in the 1990s, of which most were women (325). Such vast numbers shock the reader, by invoking emotions of disbelief, and pushes them discover more of these hidden truths; these numbers simultaneously reinforce the readers confidence in the authors legitimacy. Reinforcements of shock are provided throughout the essay, such as the tale of the “cite[d] sexual attacks on women and girls by camp guards” (326). Another strong emotion the author invokes it pity. The author presents the reader with thoughts of anguish mothers feel carrying the babies of their enemies (326) and how many women come to be “viewed as tainted, worthless ‘property’” (327). The author’s use of pity provides the reader with a strong emotional tie to the cause at hand.
Additionally, the author relies on western society’s self-opinion of being a fair and just society to provide a challenge. Turpin asserts this society has “a cultural acceptance of violence against women” (328). To anyone reading this essay, this seems like a personal affront and accusation. This pushes the individual to act in such a manner that defies the claim; therein, Turpin has not only provided education on the subject of women in wartime but has also started a movement of non-violence against women in peacetimes as well.
Re: Women Confronting War
Date: 2013-06-03 03:21 am (UTC)