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Author's Purpose/Message

Throughout //Homeless:Expose the Myths,// Joseph Perkins' purpose for this passage is to convey his message of exposing the myth of how homless are being treated and how they acumulate and how the homeless should actually be treated in a hope to better their situation and the nationwide problem of being homeless. Perkins is persudaing the audience, with facts and statistics to relay his message. The audience would indeed not be homeless and be the prosperous people in society, for the reason that Perkins states the the reason for homelessness is their mental and chemical imbalances. The audience would be well minded individuals, those in the same position as himself, helping him adress his message Perkins' informative and agressive tone toward the government and public, helps to address his message by giving the audience a better understanding of the subject. Joseph Perkins' coulumnist position being te speaker gives readers a sense that this information is expressed through an indivual in the public to whom it is adressed thus helping him convey his message by having the audience relate to him.