Analysis

This analysis of the article “Toil and Temptation” by Michael Kamber is inspired by the rhetorical pentagram model.

In what follows, we will focus on the topic of the text – illegal immigration from Mexico and connected issues - looking at how the writer chooses to explore these subjects.

We will present the writer of the text, Michael Kamber, looking at his background as a photojournalist and at what the article suggests about him.

We will discuss the potential readers of the article, formed by those who read The Village Voice but also by those who might be interested in the issue of immigration in the US.

We will explore the language of the article, focusing on aspects related to the choice of words, tone, rhetorical devices, and forms of appeal, and how they are related to the writer’s intentions.

We will look at the circumstances of the article, such as the issue of illegal immigration from Mexico to the US, and how they are presented by the writer in the text.

We will examine the writer’s intention with the article, such as informing the readership of how being an illegal immigrant affects the lives of some people living in the US as well as their communities back home.

Find the entire analysis of the text in the next pages!