Ravisankar Sweatshop Oppression Summary
September 3, 2012
Essay #1
Word Count: 804
“Sweatshop Oppression” by Rajeev Ravisankar What is a sweatshop? Well, a sweatshop is a work environment with long hours, low wages, and difficult or dangerous conditions. Why are they frowned upon? Ravisankar expresses and demonstrates the many reasons why sweatshops are unethical. His attempt to convince the audience, sweatshops are degrading human rights is successful because of his skillful word choice and confident tone. Ravisankar grasps the attention of many consumers by saying “Being the ‘poor’ college students that we all are, many of us undoubtedly place the emphasis on finding the lowest prices”(86). With this being said, he relates to most people as to why they look for the lowest prices, but soon after that he disagrees with it. …show more content…
To create empathy, Rajeev uses negative words. In this passage he says “Many of these workers are forced to work 70-80 hours per week” (86), forced has a negative impression on people. Who likes to be forced into something? Also, Rajeev explains the negative environment these workers consume by saying, “Unsanitary bathrooms, poor ventilation and extreme heat”(86). The words unsanitary, poor and extreme are also very negative words. Rajeev then states the workers, “must fulfill certain quotas for the day and stay extra hours (with no pay) if these are not fulfilled”(86), meaning workers will have to stay and work for free if the quotas are not met. In addition to these negative facts, child labor is utilized in some factories and child labor is always frowned
Essay #1
Word Count: 804
“Sweatshop Oppression” by Rajeev Ravisankar What is a sweatshop? Well, a sweatshop is a work environment with long hours, low wages, and difficult or dangerous conditions. Why are they frowned upon? Ravisankar expresses and demonstrates the many reasons why sweatshops are unethical. His attempt to convince the audience, sweatshops are degrading human rights is successful because of his skillful word choice and confident tone. Ravisankar grasps the attention of many consumers by saying “Being the ‘poor’ college students that we all are, many of us undoubtedly place the emphasis on finding the lowest prices”(86). With this being said, he relates to most people as to why they look for the lowest prices, but soon after that he disagrees with it. …show more content…
To create empathy, Rajeev uses negative words. In this passage he says “Many of these workers are forced to work 70-80 hours per week” (86), forced has a negative impression on people. Who likes to be forced into something? Also, Rajeev explains the negative environment these workers consume by saying, “Unsanitary bathrooms, poor ventilation and extreme heat”(86). The words unsanitary, poor and extreme are also very negative words. Rajeev then states the workers, “must fulfill certain quotas for the day and stay extra hours (with no pay) if these are not fulfilled”(86), meaning workers will have to stay and work for free if the quotas are not met. In addition to these negative facts, child labor is utilized in some factories and child labor is always frowned