Kidney Transplants - The Hottest Thing Since Botox “Organ Sales Will Save Lives,” by Joanna MacKay, is an informative persuasive article where the author enlightens you about the worldwide kidney crisis and actively sways her readers into personally believing in her argument. MacKay uses facts to appeal to the readers' logic while simultaneously playing on their emotions in a perfect balance, and she is successful through substantial use of data, refutations, and a toss between a serious and passionate tone. MacKay starts her argument off strong by using the appeal of data. This is an amazing strategy to begin her argument with, considering not many people know what end-stage renal disease is, what it does to the body, …show more content…
She uses heavy language such as, In third-world countries, there are people willing to do anything for money. In such extreme poverty these people barely have enough to eat, living in shacks and sleeping on dirt floors. (MacKay …show more content…
She argues headstrong and stoically pointing out a historical event where the illegalization of alcohol did not stop people from getting it and that kidneys are no different. Comparing this event greatly helps her argument on the grounds of the turnout of the prohibition, and specifically how the government relegalized alcohol and found a way to not only regulate it but profit from it too. How are kidneys any different? Striking down that fallacy was a positive move for her argument, it not only shows that the seller will benefit more but so could the