Analysis Of Human Trafficking By David A. Feingold

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Oxford Dictionaries’ definition of writing is “the activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text” (Oxford). “Human Trafficking,” written by David A. Feingold, director at the Ophidian Research Institute and former international coordinator at UNESCO Bangkok, discusses human trafficking and how “we must look beyond our raw emotions if we are ever to stop those who trade in human lives” (Feingold 396). Feingold’s piece bears the interesting concept of displaying news headlines covering human trafficking and responding to them, but he uses very negative declarations in addressing his unclear opposition with uncited evidence only pertaining to his point of view and not contrasting against his opposition, giving the paper …show more content…

For example, when speaking about a headline that reads how a majority of victims of human trafficking are sold into pornography, he immediately declines the idea and declares, “trafficking of women and children . . . for prostitution is a vile and heinous violation of human rights, but labor trafficking is probably more widespread” (Feingold 396). Although he does refute the headline, he does not refute or concede to the opposition who support human trafficking, like the people in third-world individuals who do it to sustain their …show more content…

Instead, he addresses a certain institute that own rights to a study he uses to support his claim but does not parenthetically or bibliographically cite his sources and fails to claim the material he has learned as a member of UNESCO Bangkok, and is therefore plagiarizing stolen material and allowing critical readers to assume a lot of his own arguments are stolen, despite his attempt to reference their location. Being coherent and able to respect those who are against a topic one may agree with is important as a writer, but nothing is more important than being able to cite material borrowed from other authors or organizations. In essence, what Feingold failed to deliver inspires others to improve their writing and deliver immaculate works, which persuade or analyze others in a way that is far beyond

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