Rhetorical Analysis Of The Birth Control Solution By...

Liana Curley Ms. Cook Eng102 #20792 19 Sep 2017 Paper 1: Rhetorical Analysis Essay - Rough Draft The world population is only growing. The U.N. predicts that from today’s 7.5 billion we will reach 9.3 billion by the year 2050. (World Population Prospects n.p) In New York Times author Nicholas Kristof’s article, The Birth Control Solution, Kristof attempts to promote family planning as a solution to many of the world’s problems. He will do this by giving examples that an out of control global population causes poverty, conflict, and environmental damage; and that family planning would be a cost effective solution. Kristof first lets us know how dire the situation is with worldwide population only growing upward at an unstoppable pace.†¦show more content†¦He uses Afghanistan and Yemen as examples. While hard to prove, increased population means increased casualties in war no doubt. His next answer is that overpopulation causes more poverty. While he gives no specific example of this in his article, it is not hard to fathom that resources will become more limited for the poor to afford if we continue down the path of overpopulation. Lastly, Kristof believes booming populations will cause massive environmental catastrophes. Particularly, Kristof mentions overpopulation will â€Å"make it impossible to protect virgin forests or fend off climate change.† He is right, with more people more trees will be cut down to make space for homes and extra lumber. Kristof ‘s most important solution to the overpopulation pandemic is worldwide access to contraceptives. He notes that some countries still have lackluster access to contraceptives, â€Å"In rural Africa, I’ve come across women who have never heard of birth control.† (Kristof A31) With this statement, he lets us know that he has personally seen the problems of undersized population control regulation and that he is an authority on the issue. â€Å"What’s needed isn’t just birth control pills or IUDs. It’s also girl’s education and women’s rights. (Kristof A31) † Kristof’s logic in this is that educated women have fewer children. He gives no evidence for this however, it is not difficult to come to the conclusion that if more women would know about the risks