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Stripped of more than my clothes Daria MonDesire, in her article, “Stripped of more than My Clothes,” addresses the unfortunate indignity she suffered returning home from abroad. Daria was stripped searched on her return to the United States by U.S. Customs agents. Daria uses comparisons and figures to shock the reader and to gain their sympathy. Comparing her strip searcher’s hands to that of a rapist and showing the low percentages of people found carrying drugs (4%). One cannot help but feel sympathy and outrage. She uses rhetorical strategy effectively to ex