TOW #9 - A Time to Keep Fighting

In A Time to Keep Fighting which appeared in The New York Times Andrew Rosenthal explains what we have to do in order to save our nation.  A day after the election, the news erupted with varying opinions from so many different people.  Andrew Rosenthal as one of them, believes that Donald Trump is not suitable for our president, but he believes we need to fight rather than to sulk about the results.  Andrew Rosenthal is an American journalist who worked at The New York Times as an editorial page editor for about nine years. He became an Op-Ed columnist in June of 2016 for The New York Times.  In the text, Rosenthal writes towards an audience that consists solely of anti-Trump US citizens while illustrating allusion and expert testimony to achieve his purpose. Rosenthal says, “It made me wonder what Alexander Hamilton would think of the state of the nation he helped create and the man who just took the White House. But even more, it reminded me that the battle that has consumed, tormented and once almost destroyed our country is still raging” (Rosenthal Par. 2).  By alluding to the past, he is suggesting that the things we fought for many years ago is still quite relevant to today’s world.  This allusion can be used to spark emotion in a reader of wanting to fix that issue by standing up and fighting. Although people believe we have changed so much, we as a nation have possibly stayed the same.  Rosenthal later acknowledges words of President Obama which say, “‘We all go forward with a presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens’.” (Par. 10).  By quoting such an important figure of the United States, it shows how valid Rosenthal’s point is that, “This is a moment to stay engaged, and to fight back.” (Par. 13).  I full heartedly believe with all of what Andrew Rosenthal had to say in this text.  I am very mad with the election results, but to follow his words, it is a “time to keep fighting”!