A Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Brother's Keeper'

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Imagine leaving everything that you own behind after hearing how that if you go to America, wealth and power will practically be given to you. After considering the opportunity and paying for tickets for you and your little brother, you take a boat to arrive at Ellis Island. You are greeted with all of your belongings stolen, making you live in the slums with the homeless, jobless, and sleep deprived people. After working a timeless job, with almost no pay at all, you are finally able to afford a ticket for yourself, but not your brother. It would take another year’s worth of work to buy him a ticket. How would you handle the situation?
In his statement “Brother’s Keeper,” Eugene Debs alleges that the superior of the family is under moral
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