Rhetorical Analysis Of Born A Crime By Trevor Noah

Fatima Alshahari

Professor Bentley

English 102 26 February 2023 The Unlawful Act: Rhetorical Strategies in “Born a Crime: stories from childhood” Can a child be proof of their parent’s criminality? Trevor Noah is a mixed-race child, born to a South African mother and Swiss-German father. He was born during Apartheid, a time when one of the worst crimes a person could commit is to fall in love with a person of a different race. Noah’s mother, Patrica Nombuyiselo Noah, gave birth to him on February 20, 1984. In 1948, the all-white government of South Africa created a law called Apartheid and enforced it on the majority of people who were black

Upon doing research on the author of this book, it is learned that Noah is a South African comedian, writer, political commentator, actor, and former television host. This is important in establishing the author's credibility. Noah’s main message is to educate young non-South Africans on the history of South Africa and get them to understand and empathize with his story. Noah uses anthropomorphization, emotive language, dark humor, and informative tones, in order to make it easier for the audience to understand and engage with his message. In this essay, we will first talk about historical events and how Noah uses them in his book to make his audience believe what he's telling them is true. Then, we will address the different ways Noah uses emotions to get his young audience to empathize with his

Apart-hate, is what it was. You separate people into groups and make them hate one another so you can run them all. (Noah 4) In the quote mentioned above, Noah uses anthropomorphization, which is when an author attributes human characteristics to something non-human. Noah uses the word “genius" to refer to Apartheid in order to provide his audience with a clear understanding of how intelligent that system was. He wants his audience to understand the seriousness of this systemic racism and using anthropomorphization helps the reader create vivid, imaginative characters that they can relate to because they are more human. This helps make Noah's arguments stronger and sound intelligent to his