Where Sweatshops Are a dream

Kristof begins his essay by comparing Phnom Penh as a vast dump garbage. The Problem he identifies is that families live in these toxic places and are exposed to all the junk. Kristof assumes his readers are sympathetic. His purpose in this essay is to inform people about the harsh labor standards these people go through abroad. In order to accomplish this purpose he appeals mainly to pathos in order to get his message across. The writer provides many sentimental testimonies of the people that live in Phnom Penh. He also appeals to ethos when he mentioned Mr. Obama and the democrats who favor labor standards in trade agreements when they intended to fight back at oppressive sweatshops abroad. In his essay, Kristof address the main argument against the thesis, the idea that sweatshops are only a symptom of poverty, not a cause, and banning them closes off one route out of poverty. He refutes this argument by saying," my views on sweatshops are shaped by years living in East Asia, watching as living standards soared-including those in my wife's ancestral village in southern China-because of sweatshop jobs. Finally he concludes by making the point that, " The best way to help people in the poorest countries isn't to campaign against sweatshops but to promote manufacturing there." Overall, the argument Kristof makes is effective because reaches goal of including egos logos and pathos along with good organization and concluding statement.