Everyone has been affected somehow by cancer. Although there are many possible treatments for cancer many people do not survive. One known treatment is a bone marrow transplant, which requires a donor that gives their own bone marrow to a cancer patient who matches them. Michael Vitez, a writer for Yahoo news, wrote an article about the story of Molly and Avi, a patient and a donor. Molly Alanoff is a 23 year old American woman who lost her father to cancer while she was in high school; She donated her bone marrow to Avi Ruderman, a 54 year old Israeli man. Vitez wrote down their story because it was such an incredible one and wanted to inspire his audience and show them that there is still hope in a dark time such as losing a loved one to cancer. One way Vitez did this was using statistics. He explained that only four out of ten people who need bone marrow transplants receive one. He also stated that less than 1 percent of the people who sign up to be done marrow donors are actually asked to donate. Molly being a match for Avi was so statistically small. Vitez shared these small odds to show that there is still hope for people who think there is no chance. Another device Vitez uses is imagery to explain what happened when they first met, “Avi swallowed Molly in a mammoth, grateful hug. He is 6 feet tall, and she is 5 feet. Then, after a few seconds, she stepped back. Still holding hands, they looked at each other. “You saved my life,” he told her.” The descriptive words used appeal to pathos, making the reader feel how Molly felt while being in a big hug and holding the man’s hands. I believe that this article was extremely effective and made me feel happy around such a sad topic.
No comments:
Post a Comment