Robbed? There May be an Upside.
September 6, 2015
S: Daisann McLane is an experienced traveler who has been robbed in the past when abroad.
O: McLane writes this piece as she remembers how she felt when she found out that she had been robbed in Miami, 12 years ago.
A: Once again McLane aims this piece at everyone who travels or has ever been robbed.
P: McLane writes this piece to let the readers know that they are not alone in the heartbreaking events of a robbery. She acknowledges that we become emotionally attached to the things that we carry around when we travel and it is hard when that stuff is taken and lost forever. Though at the end of the piece Daisann McLane realizes that the loss of these seemingly important things makes us stronger and helps us better deal with more “unexpected loss down the road”.
S: This article is about dealing with the loss of our things after they have been stolen. McLane uses her past experiences with either being robbed or losing her stuff in order to connect to the readers and also get her point across that it hurts but it makes us stronger in the long run and better able to deal with bigger unexpected losses later on down the road.
Tone: Daisann McLane utilizes a sorrowful tone when reminiscing about her past losses of things that she grew emotionally attached too, but a tonal shift occurs towards the end of the article shifting the tone from sorrowful to optimistic. This optimism shines through the end of the piece when she discusses how these experiences make us tougher and takes a positive spin on a usually bad situation.
September 6, 2015
S: Daisann McLane is an experienced traveler who has been robbed in the past when abroad.
O: McLane writes this piece as she remembers how she felt when she found out that she had been robbed in Miami, 12 years ago.
A: Once again McLane aims this piece at everyone who travels or has ever been robbed.
P: McLane writes this piece to let the readers know that they are not alone in the heartbreaking events of a robbery. She acknowledges that we become emotionally attached to the things that we carry around when we travel and it is hard when that stuff is taken and lost forever. Though at the end of the piece Daisann McLane realizes that the loss of these seemingly important things makes us stronger and helps us better deal with more “unexpected loss down the road”.
S: This article is about dealing with the loss of our things after they have been stolen. McLane uses her past experiences with either being robbed or losing her stuff in order to connect to the readers and also get her point across that it hurts but it makes us stronger in the long run and better able to deal with bigger unexpected losses later on down the road.
Tone: Daisann McLane utilizes a sorrowful tone when reminiscing about her past losses of things that she grew emotionally attached too, but a tonal shift occurs towards the end of the article shifting the tone from sorrowful to optimistic. This optimism shines through the end of the piece when she discusses how these experiences make us tougher and takes a positive spin on a usually bad situation.
Daisann McLane appeals to pathos throughout this article. She plays to the readers feelings of vulnerability and uses her personal stories to make the situations relatable. By talking about how she was robbed, not when she was abroad, but when she was in a place that felt like home, she appeals to people’s fears and paranoia, because robbery is a very common crime. She also pulls in feelings when she talks about how people get emotionally invested with the things they carry, she says “We may travel light, but the things we carry become heavier, infused with the emotional heft of who we are and where we come from.” Losing things that we have become emotionally invested in is hard, but Daisann McLane pulls in her point at the end when she states that these loses prepare us for the future and make us tougher for what is to come.
You can read Daisann McLane's Article " Robbed? There may be an upside," in National Geographic Traveler or at
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/real-travel/misfortunes/