In the article “Food for the Soul”, the author Nikolas Kristof endeavors to persuade his audience to believe and align with his opinion – industrialized farming is soulless and more emphasis should be placed on family farming. The article was written in the opinion section of the New York Times and contains exactly what was intended – the author’s opinion. However, Kristof was effective at achieving his purpose as his article was peppered with all three appeals. Of those appeals, however, ethos is used in an interesting way, entangling Kristof’s audience into agreeing with his opinion.
To start off the article, the first sentence written is concerning the farm on which Kristof grew up, which shows the audience immediately of the author’s firsthand knowledge of the topic being discussed. As such, Kristof is painted in a credible and trustworthy light. If he presented himself not in this way, people would be likely to doubt his opinion instead of perceiving it as fact from experience. This is followed by a thesis illustrating his awareness of a range of advanced and ethically difficult topics including antibiotic overuse and improper waste handling. Kristof appears knowledgeable and professional in the structure of his upcoming argument as he focuses on how food lacks soul. This
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shows his professionality and arguing ability of difficult topics, making him morally likeable and appearing as someone whose opinion people can trust. Thus, the first two paragraphs hook the reader to read the rest of the article through structured presentation, likeability, and professionalism. Moving to the first of numerous anecdotes, the persona of a forgiving hero is taken on as the family saves their dog from a quick death for eating one of the family sheep.
Kristof also uses the story of the chick, raised a goose, yet re-identified as a hen, as a metaphor illustrating that no matter how much society or big industry tries to change the small family farm to be what it is not, the family farm will remain a strong and triumphant force that “offer[s] decent and varied lives for the animals themselves” (Kristof). Through these personas and metaphors, Kristof shows himself as a person that is sympathetic to the less fortunate, yet unwavering in his resolve of being
incorrupt. At length, Kristof effectively builds credibility and likeability through utilizing positive and appropriate vocabulary and language, as well as correct use of grammar. Kristof also relays information from a variety of other sources, adding to his argument and making his argument appear well reasoned and supported, which leads to the readers viewing his argument as based in fact and well researched. Kristof, however, does not cite his sources or discuss of any facts from an authority on the topics presented. This is easily ignored because of how well ethos distracts the reader from analyzing his argument. Overall, Kristof was compelling at presenting himself in a reliable fashion that presented his opinioned argument as well-researched fact to the untrained reader. This article shows how truly fascinating ethos is an appeal to the audience.
Often people are not what they seem. According to Roald Dahl, in “Lamb to the Slaughter,” “But there needn’t really be any fuss. I hope not anyway. It wouldn’t be very good for my job.” When in public Patrick Maloney was the doting husband, but when the doors hid outside eyes Patrick revealed his true feelings. He wanted a divorce. He wanted to ruin his wife and soon-to-be child, but without anyone knowing. Thought the passage, the tone is revealed as condescending. The way Mr. Maloney talks to his wife is as though she is a small and unknowing child.
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
“Thoughts in the Presence of Fear” is a manifesto written by Wendell Berry, dated October 11, 2001. It is a post-September 11 manifesto for environmentalists. Berry uses terms such as “we” and “they” as he expresses his ideas, regarding how our optimism for a “new economy” was founded upon the labors of poor people all over the world. I will conduct a rhetorical analysis of four sections of Berry’s manifesto; Sections XI, XII, XIII, and XIV; and discuss his use of ethos, logos, and pathos. Berry uses pathos more often in his paper, to instill feelings of guilt and fear in his readers. While many areas of his paper can be thought of as logos, Berry makes little use of ethos.
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Rhetorical Analysis of “The Pleasures of Eating” by Wendell Berry In the article by Wendell Berry titled “The Pleasures of Eating” he tries to persuade the readers of the necessity and importance of critical thinking and approach to choosing meals and owning responsibility for the quality of the food cooked. He states that people who are not conscious enough while consuming products, and those who do not connect the concept of food with agricultural products, as people whose denial or avoidance prevents them from eating healthy and natural food. Berry tries to make people think about what they eat, and how this food they eat is produced. He points to the aspects, some which may not be recognized by people, of ethical, financial and
The Letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of several civil rights activists who were arrested in Birmingham Alabama, after protesting against racial injustices in Alabama. Dr. King wrote this letter in response to a statement titled A Call for Unity, which was published on Good Friday by eight of his fellow clergymen from Alabama. Dr. King uses his letter to eloquently refute the article. In the letter dr. king uses many vivid logos, ethos, and pathos to get his point across. Dr. King writes things in his letter that if any other person even dared to write the people would consider them crazy.
One issue the documentary highlights is the abuse of animals and workers by the food companies, in order to reveal how the companies hide the dark side of the food world from the public. In several instances, we see animals being treated cruelly. The workers have little regard for the lives of the animals since they are going to die anyways. Chickens are grabbed and thrown into truck beds like objects, regulation chicken coups allow for no light the entire lives of the chickens, and cows are pushed around with fork lifts to take to slaughter. Many chickens are even bred to have such large breasts that their bones and organs cannot support their bodies. These chickens cannot walk and they even wheeze in pain for the cameras. The film is clearly using the unacceptable premise fallacy of appeal to emotion in this instance, because the viewer is meant to feel pity at the sight of the abused animals. This supports their conclusion, because many American’s imagine their food coming from a happy, country farm and would be horrified to know the truth.
...ocessed, un-chewable food from their childhood. Pastor uses logos best by providing to the viewers many facts that support his point of view. These facts ranged from effects on the human body to the environment, all supporting that organic food is healthy. Ethos was also used effectively by incorporating interviews with professionals. Pastor was able to gain respect and authority because he has done his research on the topic. Lastly, pathos was used in the documentary to appeal to the emotions of the audience. Pastor accomplishes this by interviewing people who have touching stories involving the issue of healthy eating. Pastor effectively uses rhetorical technique to convince the audience that organic food is the healthy choice, leaving the viewers with only one thought to consider: Why not go organic?
She was able to evoke emotions by her choice of negatively charged words towards the other author, Stephen Budiansky, and his work, Math Lessons for Locavores. By the end of the article, the reader developed strong negative views concerning the other article solely on Trueman’s diction and her tone. By writing, “Throw in a bunch of dubious and/or irrelevant statistics that appear to be truly locally sourced-i.e., pulled out of your own behind,” and “What’s so maddening about sloppy op-eds like this is that they give fodder to folks who hate the very notion that their food choices have any consequences beyond their own waistlines and bank balances”, Trueman expresses her dislike of Budiansky’s thoughst on the topic. She describes his article in such a dismissive way that her audiences adopts the same views as her. As a whole, her way of writing creates an overall negative tone towards the article being criticized. While doing this, she also points out flaws in his argument and exposes his faults in reasoning. As a result, his argument becomes invalid in the eyes of the readers and they are left with a clear winning perspective on the issue of the Local Food Movement. Kerry Truman's use of pathos in her critical analysis of Budiansky’s Math Lessons for Locavores was successful in the aspect that she evokes emotions in her
Pollan’s article provides a solid base to the conversation, defining what to do in order to eat healthy. Holding this concept of eating healthy, Joe Pinsker in “Why So Many Rich Kids Come to Enjoy the Taste of Healthier Foods” enters into the conversation and questions the connection of difference in families’ income and how healthy children eat (129-132). He argues that how much families earn largely affect how healthy children eat — income is one of the most important factors preventing people from eating healthy (129-132). In his article, Pinsker utilizes a study done by Caitlin Daniel to illustrate that level of income does affect children’s diet (130). In Daniel’s research, among 75 Boston-area parents, those rich families value children’s healthy diet more than food wasted when children refused to accept those healthier but
“Food as thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating,” is an article written by Mary Maxfield in response or reaction to Michael Pollan’s “Escape from the Western Diet”. Michael Pollan tried to enlighten the readers about what they should eat or not in order to stay healthy by offering and proposing a simple theory: “the elimination of processed foods” (443).
Throughout the essay, Berry logically progresses from stating the problem of the consumer’s ignorance and the manipulative food industry that plays into that ignorance, to stating his solution where consumers can take part in the agricultural process and alter how they think about eating in order to take pleasure in it. He effectively uses appeals to emotion and common values to convince the reader that this is an important issue and make her realize that she needs to wake up and change what she is doing. By using appeals to pathos, logos, and ethos, Berry creates a strong argument to make his point and get people to change how they attain and eat food.
Jonathan Kozol revealed the early period’s situation of education in American schools in his article Savage Inequalities. It seems like during that period, the inequality existed everywhere and no one had the ability to change it; however, Kozol tried his best to turn around this situation and keep track of all he saw. In the article, he used rhetorical strategies effectively to describe what he saw in that situation, such as pathos, logos and ethos.
Resisting the Moralization of Eating, Maxfield writes that we need to consider food either “good”
Pollan focuses on the abuse of animals in factories in order to provide grounds to discuss his main idea. He sets the stage for his audience, by addressing beak docking, tail clipping, and small cages crammed air tight with chickens who can barely move. By approaching his topic after he expresses what he has seen in the factories better enables him to argue more convincingly, that animals should freely and naturally be allowed express themselves. With his use of inductive reasoning he puts a face on the animals, humans are consuming through his article. He brings his audience along as he tours a natural farm the kind that has existed for hundreds of years before large franchise took over the food-producing industry. This farm is set up to create the kind of atmosphere, animals thrive in, and nurturing each animal as one would a newborn child. This gives the audience an understanding of how he can morally continue to eat meat. With his knowledge he provides an alternative concern for his audience to find out where their meat comes from. With his use of logic, he justifies getting meat from natural farms where the animals life can be lived to the fullest before providing nourishment for humans. The structure of his argument fulfills the reader’s appetite for knowledge of animal rights and cruelty leaving them