In the retelling of her experiences both in the asylum and getting there, Nellie Bly attempts to open the reader’s eye to the horrors that many women go through, and let people know that there must be an improvement on the way that women’s mental health are treated. She does this by attempting to appeal to the reader’s emotion and logical thinking. She often uses her experiences, the experience of other patients, or the conditions of the hospital to evoke these feelings from the reader. She wants them to be empathetic to and understand the terrible treatment of the patients. She wants people to be aware of these issues and the extreme need for development in research and regulations in women’s health care. There are many moments in her retelling