In the essay, Live Free and Starve, Chitra Divakaruni writes to show that she does not support the law forbidding the practice of child labor despite its well intentions. To convince the audience of American voters not to pass the bill, Divakaruni establishes her credibility and appeals to the readers emotions with the assistance of subordinate devices. Divakaruni utilizes these rhetorical devices to support her argument that although Americans see that passing the law would free the children living in third world countries from the cruel surroundings of child labor, they would only be doing more damage than help by adversely affecting their lives and preventing them from receiving the very few benefits of child labor. From the beginning of the essay, Divakaruni immediately establishes her credibility through concessions. For instance, now children in Third World countries wouldn't have to spend their days chained to their posts in factories manufacturing goods for other people to enjoy while their childhoods slipped by them (449). Divakaruni explains her understand that if the law were to be passed, children would not have to work and could live freely. She admits that the child labor practices, non-stop working and overall environment are indeed unsafe and should be stopped. By displaying to the audience her concessions and that she fully understands the opposing side, she establishes her sense of credibility because the reader now knows her argument is honest and not biased. Through the use of this concession paragraph, Divakaruni makes it clear that although she opposes the passing of the child labor law, she is, in no way, supporting or encouraging child labor. She then continues to build up her credibility through the use of an anecdote. She explains the time her family sheltered a boy named Nimai who worked for them. Divakaruni writes, "Nimai ate the same food that we children did and was given new clothes during Indian New Yea