Can you ever believe been shot sixteen times and surviving?! Isn't it more unbelievable that you could get shot sixteen times and still not have any ambulance willing to get you medical attention. Well this was the reality for a man, Ronald Newberry, in Cleveland, and the authors of this article use both imagery and diction to describe the insanity of this situation. The authors start off the article by saying "imagine being shot multiple times, getting aid from the police but then not having an ambulance willing to take you to the hospital as you bleed out on the street." This immediately springs an image into the readers mind of themselves, lying down on the ground as their life force is slowly slipping away from them. This image make the reader think that it's absolutely absurd that an ambulance would not be willing to have someone on the brink of death even though its their job. The authors also describe the suffering man as pleading with the police officers for help. This invokes an image of a desperate man, willing to do anything to be able to have a fair chance at survival. In the title within itself, the authors used the word "refuse" to give a negative connotation of the word "couldn't". This makes the reader think that the ambulance just didn't want to transport the gun shot victim due to their own selfish reasons. The authors continue to use diction to further express how Newberry was in dire need of an ambulance or some kind of medical care in order to have a chance to survive. The authors state that the police had gave Newberry CPR and called an ambulance which "never" came. The word never sets a feeling a disappointment in the readers heart because it means hopelessness; "never" meaning that they've waited expecting medical attention within the next few minutes which hadn't appeared. Newberry pleads with the police saying "please" twice within the very short sentences. He continues to say "I can't breath." This makes the reader pity the condition he was in, and invoke anger towards the ambulance for leaving their fellow citizen there to die. In all, this article was informing readers, about the unimaginable nightmare that had occur to this man in Cleveland, Ohio. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html
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