Rhetorical Analysis Of Rip The Middle Class By Edward Mcclelland

“It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.” (George Carlin) America characterizes itself as a concerted dream because of this belief America is known for an immigrant magnet; but also has accustomed domestics to the downfall of the economy. The reason for this happening is because the inequalities and self-doubt ordinary Americans have. In Edward McClelland’s “RIP the Middle Class” he persuades the audience to believe that the middle class is deprecating, thanks to the “laissez’ faire” concept that approached in the 80’s which then lead to the Great rescission that then tumbled to the issues in 2008. Edward McClelland made a rhetorical choices and used rhetorical appeals effectively to persuade a middle class

McClelland’s article “RIP the Middle Class” was published September 20th 2013 in a salon, which is an online news site that publishes pieces that includes fearless commentary and criticism point of views. McClelland’s Rhetorical statement is that big automotive cities are diminishing which is a result of losing; which as of a result of this causes the middle class to lose. The rhetorical statement that McClelland indulges to the audience is to be persuaded by the aim which is once known as the “blue-collar aristocrats” to the “blue-collared” workers. Whom struggle to pull in a national median title of “middle class.” The time era that this has taken place started in the 1970s, remembered by Americans as the “Decade That Those Forget” which blue-collared workers prospered in the middle class economy. However, the tables have turned when in the 1980s, the First Great Recession turned the American Economy into turmoil; causing statewide declination in jobs for blue-collared

He uses Ethos by first stating “I know I’m dating myself by writing this, but I remember the middle class.” He wants to start off the paper by getting the readers attention. He wants to make the readers believe his creditably by writing about what he experienced as growing up. McClelland grew up in the 1970s, he grew up in the time where it was still possible to graduate high school and still be able to get a job and earn more money than a high school teacher. By him stating that, he is showing his experiences and what he noticed about the change from the 1970s to modern times. McClelland stated that President Richard Nixon was the last president to protect American workers. When Nixon was President, foreign steel and cars were trying to compete with domestic products. Nixon saw that the countries economic hegemony was going to instantly come to a deadline. Nixon wanted to stop forgiven manufactures from overrunning the markets. He also wanted to teach Americans to live with new limits. McClelland stated a fact by saying that the Arab Oil Embargo abruptly heightened their gas prices. Gas went from thirty-six cents to fifty-three cents a gallon. The gas went up so people wanted to purchase more fuel effianct cars which were German or Japanese cars because of this, Nixon decided to lower the speed limit on the highway to 55 miles an hour This introduced “The