33.My three wives

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/14/my_three_wives/

Joe Darger writes to the Salon on April 13th about his polygamous marriage and its connection with civil rights and gay rights. He begins the article by explaining his background, his early years of marriage, how he met his first two wives and how he decided to have a polygamous marriage. He then talks about some challenges they faced due to law issues and Child Protective Services and Government suspicions. Darger mentions his efforts to make people understand how polygamy really works and the movement he created to support the cause. By the end of the article, he makes a comparison between gay rights and his own personal rights, to marry who he wants and how government has nothing do with it and shouldn't be involved in marriage issues.

Darger's purpose with this article is to make people see poligamy without judging and to understand better the structure of the "unsual" family. In order to achieve his purpose, Darger mainly uses appeal to pathos as he talks about how much he loves his three wives and how their romance began. The climax of his article, however, is found in the paragraph where he talks about his daughter's death, reaching out to the audience and making them oblivious of all the prejudice they might have had. Darger is able to achieve his purpose through his personal story and the details and sincerity behind the shock of the first impression.