"Rich Guy Feeling Left Out of Recession"

The article "Rich Guy Feeling Left Out of Recession" is found on The Onion website. This website is dedicated to providing an endless source of sarcastic and rhetorically backwards articles. This certain article defends a rich man's lack of participation in the current recession. He feels secluded from the world and its problems and he wants to have a part in them. He even tries to get sympathy from his chauffeur by talking about his 'hard times' and he even tries tipping him 50% less than usual. This article does a great job of emphasizing how ridiculous the world is getting in terms of creating equality by illustrating a situation where a man wants to be as unfortunate as everyone else instead of vice versa. The audience is expected to have a sense of humor on the topic. The rhetorical situation isn't likely to appeal to everyone because of its sarcastic approach. The article will probably appeal to mostly people between the ages of 20 and 40. The article isn't focused towards one gender, so it probably appeals to both genders. The reader should have some education regarding the economic situation, but not an extensive one. The message is very basic but biting in its regards to the way humans act.