Rhetorical Analysis Conclusion

In the final analysis, Alysia Montano successfully concludes her “New York Times” Opinion piece, “Nike Told me to Dream Crazy, Until I Wanted a Baby,” by asserting her claim through continuous questions. While she steadily and continually speaks to her audience about Nike’s unfairness, without pause, through a series of assertive statements and questions, she symbolically shows that the fight for maternity rights is a constant struggle and calls the audience to help her end the fight.

Throughout the essay, Alysia Montano pulls back the curtains covering up the truth behind the female sports industry, utilizing emotional appeal, logical standpoints, and her personal struggles to reinforce what felt like an unwinnable battle for justice. Transparent and emotion-packed recollections of the injustice against female athletes provokes revenge and rightful changes to spark in other female athletes, while brutal facts and data displays a very real feeling problem for all to take notice of.

By revealing her personal experience as a pregnant female athlete and acknowledging the struggles, Alysia effectively argues for a change within the sports industry along with their sponsors. Ultimately, her story and opinion helped to start making a change for these issues. Her opinion throughout this video of being neglected from Nike leads her to urge for women to keep pushing the boundaries and what is expected of them.