The Last Straw by Alice Wong

The Last Straw by Alice Wong The Last Straw by Alice Wong is an article that explains why companies, organizations, and small businesses should use plastic straws even though they affect the environment. The article discusses how plastic straws influence disabled individuals, providing instances and answers to potential concerns. I'm going to look at how Alice Wong uses rhetoric in her writing to make her point. First and first, let us discuss the author, the audience, and the exigence. Who is the writer? Essentially, the author is Alice Wong; she is the one who writes and uses these rhetorical techniques. Wong tells us about her home and the difficulties she faces as a disabled person. "I live in the Mission District of San Francisco, where delicious taquerias, bakeries, cafes, and bars are everywhere. And as a disabled person who uses a wheelchair to get around and a ventilator to breathe, the pleasure of eating and drinking is mediated by several factors". In a nutshell, Wong is revealing herself. Wong must know to whom she is speaking after introducing herself. "On social media, many disabled people have been sharing their stories and keeping them 100 percent real. I observed and experienced all sorts of microaggressions and outright dismissal of what disabled people are saying online." I believe Wong's audience is young, about 45 years old at most. I say this since Wong uses social media and mentions Starbucks, a firm popular with young people throughout the piece. Next, we have a requirement that is very clear from beginning to end. "As a disabled person who uses a wheelchair to go about and a ventilator to breathe," the requirement rather is that she is a disabled person fighting for her inclusion in the world. Second, I'm going to talk about constraints, context, and text, and how Wong employs and structures them in her article. To begin with, Wong is aware that his target audience is young people who use social media, and he attempts to aid them in some way by educating them about the environment. Wong is aware that the plastic straw is a recent topic in environmental aid and that young people are striving to limit the amount of plastic in the globe. The restriction in this article is how Wong attempts to persuade the audience that we still need plastic straws for some people, even though the audience has strong feelings about plastic straws. Here is a reference in which Wong expresses her thoughts on how plastic straws damage the environment "wasteful, and harmful to the environment. All true. Plastic is also an essential part of my health and wellness. With my neuromuscular disability, plastic straws are necessary tools for my hydration and nutrition" Wong is aware that plastic straws are wasteful and destructive to the environment; she claims that this is true, but that they are also a vital component of her health, imposing a constraint on the audience. The context and language that are in the article and how they are directed towards it come next. Essentially, the context is on how firms such as Starbucks began banning plastic straws for environmental reasons. However, the prohibition on plastic straws had little impact on the environment. Wong observed this and began writing to end the use of plastic straws for people like her. In addition to the text, there is Wong's point of view on how to stop the ban on plastic straws and provide solutions. " If you are an establishment with straws at a counter, provide both types, clearly labeled, for people to choose from. If a cafe or restaurant wants to provide straws by request, have the server offer plastic and biodegradable versions," This is only one of many possible solutions.