Jose Antonio Vargas
From The New York Times Magazine
Outlaw is about a man who moved to America, but was an illegal immigrant from the Phillpines. He didn't even know himself until one day when he went for his driving permit and his green US residency card ended up being fake. From that day on, he lived his life through high school, work, college, hiding under an identity that could get him into some serious trouble. Meanwhile, he tries to be as involved as he can with everything, a hard worker through out high school, earning better positions with his job. He felt has though if he worked hard enough he could really earn his citizenship as an American. He built a career as a journalist and along the way told some people his secret. Living in guilt and paranoia, he decided to tell the truth and review his options with a legal council after telling his story.
Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalisnt, filmmaker and obviously an immigration activist. After his article "outlaw", there was a halt to the deportation of undocumented immigrants under age 30 eligible for the DREAM Act; although he did not qualify due to his age. The purpose of this essay was to reach out to help children in similar situations and to help them with their path to citizenship. Also, readers that are not dealing with the same problem, are opened to the world of immigration, and how many people have dealt with the problem of illegal citizenship. As a reader myself, I do think that Vargas acheived his purpose. Even from just his story, I was informed a great amount about immigration.
A rhetorical device, audience, was used in this essay because the author was writing the essay to reach out to an audience by telling the truth. Reaching out to make Americans more aware, or reaching out to other immigrants who have dealt with the same thing was a big purpose of the essay in the first place. As well as audience, Vargas used pathos throughout the essay to emotionally draw in readers. Readers can feel is paranoia and guilt as reading through the essay and it helps him acheive his purpose even further.
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Immigration activist, or someone who just wants to live free?
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