Sweatshops

 New York Times writer Nicholas D. Kristoff wrote “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream.” Kristoff began his essay by bringing up the labor standards that Barack Obama and team proposed. Kristoff gives us a very vivid imagery of Phnom Penh, and says that there are smoke  clouds, low visibility, and a nasty toxic smell. Kristoff assumes that he has a neutral audience that can be persuaded into promoting sweatshops rather than going against them. His purpose in this essay is to provide a positive outlook on sweatshops. In order to accomplish this, he mainly uses pathos to appeal to his audience. He talked about the 19-year-old woman who was trying to find plastic in the middle of garbage in order to make money. Then he moves on to a woman with a 10-year-old boy, and she wants him to become a factory worker. He also appeals to logos because he provides credibility when he says he live there.