Rhetorical Analysis: The Children's Era

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Margaret Sanger wrote “The Children’s Era” an excerpt from her speech is “Before you can cultivate a garden you must know something about gardening. You have got to give your sees a proper soil in which to grow. You have to give them sunlight and fresh air....” Margaret
Sanger is known for her support and promotion of birth control, and that is what her analogy in the speech here is about; some couples are not ready, or even fit to be parents, so use birth control if you know nothing about growing a garden. Also, she convinces her audience that the use of birth control will control some problems in society. In the excerpt Ms. Sanger uses literary devices such as analogies and rhetoric to make her point. The diction she uses is that of a person

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Rhetorical Analysis Of The Children's Era Speech

seen as immoral and the thought of it being a national phenomenon were morally shocking. Due to all these beliefs, superstitions and prejudices about sex, birth control was unnecessary, however, the rate of unwanted childbirth was very high. “The Children’s Era” Speech was given in 1925 by Margaret H. Sanger to attempt to show the importance of women's control over childbearing and promotion for birth control. The welfare of the children is her main focus within the speech as she uses the word “children”…

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Margaret Sanger: The Children's Era

Style analysis: Margaret Sanger's The Children’s Era In the 21st century Women still find themselves fighting for freedom from the enslavement of their own bodies from forced, or unplanned pregnancy. One of the most iconic advocates for this principle battle is Margaret Sanger. Born in the late 1800’s Margaret was born in a time where contraceptives were criminalized by the government, and women and children found themselves in unfit, unsafe situations. Having experienced this firsthand when her…

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