nse of sadness because of the sacredness most people feel towards childhood. Another establishment of this idea is created by the metaphor within the last two paragraphs that describes a childs trauma created from dropping an egg symbolic of the lives of the Iraqi people. This ultimately shows the way in which children in Iraq are living within a shattered country they dont deserve. It is emphasised that the people dont deserve this because of the compassion shown by the store owner, who gives the child another egg, showing the compassion that exists within a sopposedly bad country. Again this metaphor conjures emotions of regret and compassion towards the children and people of Iraq.Arbuthnot uses a selection of words to directly appeal to the readers emotions. These words included mostly descriptive words of the children being; little, small, tiny, in pain, chronically malnourished and suffering. All these words have negative connotations and affect the audience on a deeper level. The image created is so pitiful that it makes the reader feel emotionally sickened by the traumatic affects on the children caused by the embargo. With the use of such descriptive words, together with the explanation of the situations the readers emotions can even turn to anger because of the revalation behind the ridiculous lengths in which the embargo is carried forth. Arbuthnots personal involvement and experience within Iraq allows the reader a greater understanding of the issue and lends a more emotionally attatched case for Arbuthnot to create. In the second paragraph Arbuthnot expresses that "To witness the effect of the United Nations embargo is to live with images that haunt". By the use of such a first hand account of the issue, the reader has a heightened sense of trust for what they are being told. Its emotional impact is greater also because it produces a connection for the reader with the a highly sensative and emotional plee by Arbuthnot. A p...
