Dylan Farrow
“An open letter From Dylan Farrow” is a subjective article written by Dylan farrow. Farrow speaks up about her sexual assault experience, caused by her famous step father Woody Allen, an American filmmaker. The subject of this letter is a considerable debate nowadays in our society and in the whole world. For instance, the unawareness of the victims about the sexual abuse. On the other hand, the sexual predators are protected by the government because they are famous or have the power. Farrow’s style of writing triggers my interest about the dangers of the sexual abuse and the silence followed by it, the NGOs efforts to stop sexual assault for women and children specially, and the importance of changing laws to protect the victims and punish
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First, because she played on the ethics value of the story, and made the readers draw a complete image about her trauma and feel it, as I felt her misery while reading. Her emotional way of stating ideas attracts the readers. For example, she reminisces the memories of a child stripped from her innocence, as when she said: “ My father had been doing things to me I didn’t like. I didn’t like when he would stick his thumb in my mouth... "(D. Farrow, letter, February 1, 2014). In addition, the question asked in the beginning and at the end of this letter “what’s your favorite woody Allen movie?” "(D. Farrow, letter, February 1, 2014), made me realized the radical influence on my opinion about Woody Allen. Honestly, I will not watch his movie anymore. Since the audience are human, have emotions and empathy, they will think directly about their daughters, sisters, or even themselves. Surely, hey will find this letter forceful to change their minds and think about other silent women who suffer from such kind of abuse. In the last few years, frequently we heard about the sexual abuse foe women and girls, it can be from her husband, her father or a stranger. All of this crimes were awful, so we should not shrug off or dismiss, we should call out and punish
First, because she played on the ethics value of the story, and made the readers draw a complete image about her trauma and feel it, as I felt her misery while reading. Her emotional way of stating ideas attracts the readers. For example, she reminisces the memories of a child stripped from her innocence, as when she said: “ My father had been doing things to me I didn’t like. I didn’t like when he would stick his thumb in my mouth... "(D. Farrow, letter, February 1, 2014). In addition, the question asked in the beginning and at the end of this letter “what’s your favorite woody Allen movie?” "(D. Farrow, letter, February 1, 2014), made me realized the radical influence on my opinion about Woody Allen. Honestly, I will not watch his movie anymore. Since the audience are human, have emotions and empathy, they will think directly about their daughters, sisters, or even themselves. Surely, hey will find this letter forceful to change their minds and think about other silent women who suffer from such kind of abuse. In the last few years, frequently we heard about the sexual abuse foe women and girls, it can be from her husband, her father or a stranger. All of this crimes were awful, so we should not shrug off or dismiss, we should call out and punish