Kristof starts his argument by explaining that Barack Obama and his team were not doing what was best for the people in Phnom Penh by opposing sweatshops. For evidence he then quotes a 19-year-old stating, "I'd love to get a job in a factory." Kristof then quotes another woman and according to him she hopes he son grows up to get a factory job due to the facts that it would be more safe and pleasant. The purpose of his assay is to explain to his audience that, "sweatshops are only a symptom of poverty, not a cause." In order to accomplish his purpose, Kristof appeals mainly to ethos. He appeals to pathos by quoting real experiences from people going through the situation that he is arguing in support of. An example of this would be when he stated, "Another women, Vath Sam Oeun, hopes her 10-year-old boy, scavenging beside her, grows up to get a factory job, partly because she has seen other children run over by garbage trucks." He states his refutat
