Section 12

1. “By this point, you might be wondering, and possibly feeling guilty about wondering, why Brannan doesn’t just get divorced.”
   • This is a moral claim because they are saying that Brannan should just get divorced because of the situation she is in.
2. “And she would tell you openly that she’s thought about it.”
   • This is an attributive claim because they are changing direction to what Brannan has said herself.
3. “Everyone has thought about it,” she says.”
   • This is an attributive claim because once again they quote her in a claim she has made.
4. “And a lot of Kateri’s eight-year-old son now counts the exits in new spaces he enters, and points them out to his loved ones until war or fire fails to break out, and everyone is safely back home.”
   • This is an evaluative claim because this involves judgement of situations by Kaveri’s eight year old son.
5. “In the wake of Vietnam, 38 percent of marriages failed within the first six months of a veteran’s return stateside;”
   • This is a factual claim as it tells us that 38% of marriages have failed within 6 months of a veterans return. This is telling us that facts based of marriages in those circumstances.
6. “the divorce rate was twice as high for vets with PTSD as for those without.”
   • This is a numerical or quantitive claim as they are evaluating the divorce rate of vets with ptsd and how it has doubled those those without ptsd making it also comparative.
7. “Vietnam vets with severe PTSD are 69 percent more likely to have their marriages fail than other vets.”
   • This is a factual claim because it has been researched with people that has severe ptsd and their marriages compared to other vets which also makes this comparative.
8. “Army records also show that 65 percent of active-duty suicides, which now outpace combat deaths, are precipitated by broken relationships.”
   • This is a factual claim because it can be proved that 65 percent of active duty suicides are by broken relationships.
9. “And veterans, well, one of them dies by suicide every 80 minutes.”
   • This is a numerical claim as it evaluates one vet dying from suicide every 80 minutes which makes it not factual because it doesn’t have evidence to it. It just is being told to us in an evaluative way using numbers.
10. “But even ignoring that though vets make up 7 percent of the United States, they account for 20 percent of its suicides ”
    • This is a factual claim because it can be proven
11. “or that children and teenagers of a parent who’s committed suicide are three times more likely to kill themselves, too”
    • This is a casual and numerical claim as it states consequences to children who’s parent commits suicide. And is numerical as it claims they are three times more likely to
12. “or a whole bunch of equally grim statistics, Brannan’s got her reasons for sticking it out with Caleb.”
    • This is an attributive claim as they state that Brannan has her own reason for sticking it out with Caleb which refers a claim made by Brannan
13. ““I love him,” she says.”
    • This is attributive as they refer to Brannan saying she loves him.
14. “Brannan fully supports any wife—who feels that she or her children are in danger, or in an untenable mental-health environment, or for whatever reason—who decides to leave.”
    • This is a credibility claim as they state the evaluation of a situation that Brannan has said.
15. “She’s here, through Family of a Vet, to help those people. But she’s also there for those FOV users who, like her, have decided to stay.”
    • This is an ethical claim as it states that Brannan is there to support people and help them through hard times.
16. ““I have enormous respect for Caleb,” she explains if you ask her why”
    • This is an attributive claim as they signaling Brannans claim by using, “she explains I you ask her why.”
17. ““He has never stopped fighting for this family. Now, we’ve had little breaks from therapy, but he never stopped going to therapy. I love him,” she repeats, defensively at times.”
    • This is an attributive claim as they refer to a claim that Brannan has made by using, “she repeats, defensively at times.”
18. “He is her friend, and her first love, and her rock, and her lifeline, her blossoming young daughter’s father, her ally, and her hero, she tells Caleb when he asks.”
    • This is an attributive claim as they refer to a claim that Brannan has made by using, “she tells Caleb when he asks.”
19. “Because the person who most often asks Brannan why she stays with her husband is her husband.”
    • This is an attributive claim as they say that her husband is the person who most often asks her why she’s still with her husband the most. It is a claim that cannot be verified so they said her husband is the one who’s says that to pass along that claim to her husband.