Analysis Of Why Latino Children Are Scared Of Donald Trump By Hector Tobar

Trump has just been elected as the 45th President of The United States of America. He is known for his hatred to ethnic minorities and his ability to create the dislikes to them among the American people is what made him such a dangerous choice for especially the Mexicans. He has an ability to unify the country through hate. This will be an analytical essay of the text Why Latino Children Are Scared of Donald Trump by Héctor Tobar. It is an article is from the opinion pages in the NY Times and it discusses all the issues related to Donald Trump. The essay will analyze and discuss the linguistic features, argumentative features and the forms of appeal in relation to the author and his background. In the end the essay will come with a conclusion

The author and sender is Hector Tobar and it is quite obvious that he doesn’t support the racial prejudices that comes from Trump. Furthermore, he calls Sherriff Arpaio for El Cuco, he calls Bill O’Reilly for El Cadejo and he calls Ann Coulter for Llorona, who refers to Mexico as “a third world hellhole”. It is clear that Tobar quickly compares republicans with monsters, to let the Americans know what kind of people they are about to elect for the presidency. He has a final purpose with the comparisons which he finishes with his last contrast, which is America to the Weimar Republic. He exaggerates these contrast and actually compares Donald Trump with Adolf Hitler. What they have in common is how they gather one nation to pick on a certain defenseless minority. In this case it is the Mexicans vs the Jews during world war 2. He warns the American people about these events, without coming on too strong in his persuasion. He presents obvious comparisons and he appeals to the logos in people. The common sense that tells the voters, that they cannot let another event which is even comparable to the Holocaust

In the end it’s just monsters from your imagination that creates the scary mood. Reading between the lines gives more insight and it may now not only seem as a conviction to the Mexican community that Donald Trump is dangerous, but also to the republican party and why they shouldn’t let a man like Trump govern the country. He directly compares the conflict between Trump and the Mexicans to Hitler and the Jews, and there is a clear evidence that Trump has similar views on Mexicans, as Hitler had on the Jews. It probably won’t be realized in the same scale but the views they have are similar. Tobars claim and evidence is not on point but it’s possible to debate whether it’s an actual argument or not. He speaks to the logic sense when comparing the two