Sandra Steingraber - Having Faith

In Having Faith, Sandra Steingraber mainly focuses on substance to involve the reader and persuade them to listen to what she has to say. A large part of the short story involves Sandra talking about the research that has been done on chemicals and their effects on children who have been breast fed. In order to appeal to the audience, there is a substantial amount of writing about her own daughter. She shares her child's different landmarks such as learning to crawl and learning to talk to further push the issue and to try and get the reader to actually think through the evidence. This is an effective way of getting a point across because it helps the reader relate to their own experiences instead of just giving out facts that you are not emotionally attached to.