12/21/2017 "Mother-of-eight describes constant heartbreak of adopting and fostering dying 'hospice babies' to love and care for them until their death"Read NowAUTHOR This article is written by Kayla Brantley. Brantley started her journalist career on July 17, 2017 and lives in New York City. As well as being a journalist she also transverse Spanish-spoken interviews to English, she was the assistant to Gabe Pressman, she was a sideline reporter, a production intern at the "Nightline", and she is currently a mother. Kayla graduated from Rutgers University and got a Bachelor's in Arts & Science and Journalism & Media Study, as well as attending the University of Valencia. She was on the Dean's List, got awarded the Academic Excellence Award and the Henry Rutgers Scholar Award, and got the Kenneth Q. & Viola W. Jennings Memorial Scholarship. ABOUT THE ARTICLE The purpose of this article from Kayla, was to was tell people the great things that the Salchert's do to those who do not have a lot. It could have possibly been to spread holiday cheer and happiness since it was published so close to the holidays. The article was written with anyone and everyone from anywhere and everywhere in mind to help them get in the spirit. Brantley used past experiences from the family and current situations that is happening to them, as well as using quotes used on interviews from the mother to build the story.
While reading the article, Kayla used a combination of an earnest, a didactic, and a reverent tone which allowed the reader how amazing the Salchert family is in what they doing. The earnest tone comes out when Brantley says things like, "Though it may seem like constant heartbreak to love children who are eventually going to die, caring for them has given Cori the opportunity to heal from her own personal pain." it shows that the family is being sincere in what they are doing. That statement makes the reader realize that the family is not for the publicity but for the love of it. Didactic helps the reader understand why and what the Cori, the mother, and her family are doing. One example of this is when Kayla says, "When Cori was four years old, her infant sister named Aime contracted spinal meningitis, causing brain damage that left her blind and suffering from seizures. When the family was no longer able to care for her, Aime was sent to a home for disabled children at five years old. At 11-years-old she wandered outside through an unlocked door and drowned in a pond.", which helps explain why the family does what they do. The author seems to have so much respect for the Salchert family for what they do. That can be shown when Kayla Brantley says, "[Cori] decided that no disabled child should live without a family and said that the heartbreak she experienced early on gave her strength to love these sick kids." . Pathos is prevalent in the article, along with ethos. Unlike those to appeals logos is not used in the article. The appeal to pathos is seen everywhere in the article, from explaining what the family does to how they got to where they are. In the second sentence Kayla states that "Cori Salchert, 51, and her husband Mark have taken in what she calls 'hospice babies' to provide them with love and medical support as a way of coping with the tragic loss of Cori's special needs sister at a young age." to build up what the article is about. Every sentence is an appeal to pathos, including the sentence before when it says, " A mother-of-eight has fostered and adopted seven terminally-ill children in the last four years to care for them as they prepare to die.", if that does not get you emotional I do not know what will. Brantley uses quotes from Cori when was interviewing the Today show, People magazine, even Cori to appeal to ethos. "Cori has set up a website and Facebook page called Safe Haven 4 Babies where she blogs about her journey of caring for the special needs babies and provides resources on how or adopt or foster." also appeals to ethos by stating Cori's website and what it does.
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