Divorce Rhtorical Analysis

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and Pathos to support his theory on divorce. Blaine uses these strategies to highlight the mixed emotions a child may endure while going through such a confusing stage of their early lives. This then gives the audience a better understanding of the certain personalities children may gain while coping with sad situation of split parents. He also draws on his experience as a psychiatrist to give statistics as well as true stories to back up his reasoning.
Blaine uses five specific guidelines for parents to follow in order to try and lessen the effect of divorce upon the child. These are:
1) Place children with whichever parent remarries unless there is a marked incompatibility between that parent and the child.
2) Children under twelve should not be sent to boarding school.
3) If children must be shuffled between two families, then one household should be established as home and the other as a place to visit.
4) Do not give children under twelve a choice regarding the parent with ...

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