After having a child with a life-threatening disease, it is only natural to think of the unknown while pregnant with a second child, hesitating to love it in fear of losing it too. Heather Kirin Lanier reveals her personal account of being a mother of a child diagnosed with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome and pregnant with her second in her article, “Waiting to love my child,” published by Salon.com on May 7, 2013. In her writing, she comes to the realization that she is afraid to let herself love this baby, as her close friend had said, because of the painful experience she had with her first daughter. Through the use of appeal to pathos, characterization, consonance and symbolism, Lanier unfolds her troubled quest in loving her, as she describes, “unknown” second child.
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Hi Amanada,
I read through your thesis, and these are a few things I noticed:
1) I would just clarify the authors purpose a little better.
For example: "Her purpose in writing this article, is to show her audience just how scary it is having a second child, with such a life-threatening disease- fearing that loving the child will only lead to disappointment."
2)"Through the use of appeal to pathos, characterization, consonance and symbolism, Lanier unfolds her troubled quest in loving her, as she describes, “unknown” second child."
I would maybe change the ending sentence of your thesis:
"Lanier appeals to her audience through her usage of characterization, pathos, consonance and symbolism- as she unfolds her troubled quest in loving her unborn baby. She personally describes it as the "unknown" second child.
Hope this helps!! :)
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