Rhetorical Analysis Of On The Briefcase, Poor Americans...

Rhetorical Analysis Essay: â€Å"On The Briefcase, Poor Americans Have ‘Prove’ Themselves,† In Margaret Lyons’s Vulture article, â€Å"On the Briefcase, Poor Americans have to ‘Prove’ Themselves,† was posted on May 26, 2015. Lyons discusses how ‘The Briefcase’ follows â€Å"Middle Class† American families that are experiencing financial hardships. The context of this article is economical situations present in American â€Å"middle class† families, as represented on a television show viewed all over the world. Lyons exigence is how the game show is purposely exploiting middle class Americans are using their setbacks against each other. She supports her claims with the ethos through opinionated information such as the real reason why the briefcase actually helps middle class people; logos, sharing the evidence on Les Moonves on how they make more money than the game show does in a month, pathos; how a woman is so overcome with joy she vomits. Initially, Lyons begins her article with an ethical appeal as she shares the exploitation of middle class Americans. As she began to get in depth with how the game show is an embarrassment, she shows only in view of the argument, which is disagreeing with everything that they are doing. The game show is a disappointment to society, the show lets us think that they are helping middle class families. Lyons stated, But there s something really perverse about Les Moonves earning money based on the emotional and financial anguish of poor people, by