An Analysis Of The Article Adam Lanza's Mother

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Ahmed Mannir Abukur A00019334 Prof Hannah Mugambi February 19th 2018 Response Paper The article Adam lanza’s mother is an endearing and motivational article written down by a well-known playwright Liza Long, she talks about the story of a lady that struggle with her thirteen year old kid that is mentally sick. The article is attention-grabbing as it shades light to the lives entity of the relatives of the mentally sick people and furthermore the lives of the relatives of the mentally sick people. The author likewise brings our attention to the issues and difficulties that the mentally sick patients in the USA and also around the world face. The writer believes that the …show more content…

The fact in this article is that the writer uses logos and pathos more in the critique. Logos, meaning from the text book is the arrangement of an argument and also evidence that supports the writer’s statement. Pathos is Associated with emotional feelings. Ethos simply means the act of a writer trying to convince his audience. I believe that the writer did not use ethos much in the story. The author has use pathos when writing the article by saying they was no body willing to send a 13 year kid who loves watching harry potter to jail. The society does not provide us with any mental health centres or different alternatives so that they will be a solution for the mental sickness. The author makes the use of pathos so as to speak about the kind and decent part of her audience. To sum up, the article is interesting and it is well composed or writing as well because the story brings a lot of people’s attention to the problems we are facing in each and any country in the world that many people does not think it is a problem but it is a problem to the society. The issue of mental problems is a big issue that the government needs to challenge by improving in providing mental hospitals to the mentally sick people. The writer of this article tries to bring the attention of the society and also the government so that they can see the dangers of mental

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