Essay #2 The film “I grew up in the Westboro Church. Here's why I left”, by Megan Phelps-Roper describes the reason Megan left the church, thanks to her friends from Twitter. She was force to be a member from the Westboro church but throughout time she realize that she didn't agree with it and people form social media who cared about her made her open her eyes. Megan Roper speech if for the people on the internet that have to interact with people they disagree with. Her claim is that we can make interacting with people we disagree and make it better. Megan Phelps-Roper uses the appeals of ethos and pathos to strengthen her claim by listening to her friends from twitter who changed her view and trying to change the emotions of the people who …show more content…
disagree with her. On the other hand the fallacies of false dilemma and hasty generalization weaken her claim by giving us two choices, to attack the people who disagree or run away and by disagreeing to everything to her family's actions. To begin with, ethos is the credibility or authority that the author uses to persuade their audience.
In the story Megan Phelps-Roper uses this appeal by saying, “The care shown to me by these strangers on the internet was itself contradicting. It was growing evidence that people were not demons I’d been led to believe”. Megan Phelps-Roper shows ethos in this quote because she witnessed the truth within herself. She was credible to say that the people from the internet were actually very nice and caring which led her to trust them. Ethos is used because she lived it and she herself experienced it, now she believes that there were people out there who were not evil as she was taught to believe. This example of ethos strengthens Megan's claim because by her personal experience and by being a member of the Westboro Church she changed her view on how she viewed the world. Thanks to the people she encounter on Twitter. Megan Phelps-Roper is trying to tell us that she was lead to believe people were evil but with her encounters with people from different perspectives she wants us to know that we can change and with people we disagree we can find a …show more content…
solution. To continue with, pathos is an appeal that tries to convince an audience by creating an emotional response.
In the story Megan Phelps-Roper uses this appeal when she says, “I will always be inspired to do so by those people I encountered on Twitter, apparent enemies who became my beloved friends”. This quote is an example of ethos because they inspired her and by the inspiration her emotions changed, her heart changed, her mentality changed. As the audience we feel that, what use to be a bad person is now a different person because of the emotions that she shows us. Her enemies became her friends she changed the way she felt about the people she considered evil and her emotions led her to believe that there is wonderful people all over the nation. The example of ethos strengthens her claim because by showing emotions how she changed her life, the audience can feel the same way about people they disagree with. By trying to listen to people we disagree on, we can find ways to connect what we really like and we can even start trusting and become good friends. Our emotions will lead us to the friendship and the negativity can vanish and we can start communicating with people we once
disliked. Next, false dilemma is a fallacy that makes a person choose two extreme ideas when in reality there can be another alternative. In the story Megan Phelps-Roper uses this fallacy when she says, “We've broken the world into us and them, only emerging from our bunkers long enough to lob theoretical grenades at the other camp… we target people on our side when they dare to question the party line”. Megan uses false dilemma in the quote because shes gives two extreme choices, to attack the people we disagree with or just run away. When in reality having to attack someone isn't necessarily the only solution that a person can do, they can always come up with other options. Alos running away is not the only choice we have and the two extreme choices that Megan leads us is not a good way to convince the audience that interacting with people we disagree on can make it better and lead to a better relationship. The example of false dilemma weakens her claim because she gives the audience only two extreme choices to decide. As the audience they would like to have other options and not violent or no voice options because she is telling us to attack or to run away and not be heard. By those two choices Megan thinks that it will change people for the better, but do we really know that by having to make a choice like that people will change? Her family from the Westboro Church have not changed and it weakens her claim by telling us choosing those choices will either change people or it will not. Furthermore, hasty generalization is an appeal that the author makes people assume conclusions before all evidence is in. In the story Megan Phelps-Roper uses this appeal when she tells us the four steps we can apply to conversations with people we disagree with will help us just like it helped her. She assumes that the four steps will change people but it is a hasty generalization because she hasn't used it on her family and just herself. It changed her perspective and she claims the four steps will change people too, but she hasn't tested it on anyone else. The example of false dilemma weakens her claim because the four steps will not change everyone and interacting with people we disagree on can help us start a healthy and better relationship but it doesn't mean that the four steps will do that. Every person has their own way of dealing with people they disagree with. The fours steps did work with her and might work with others but it will not work with everyone and the false dilemma weakens the claim and makes people think that there is only one way of interacting with people they disagree on. In conclusion, Megan phelps-Roper uses the appeals ethos and pathos to strengthen her claim by being credible of her experiences and showing that emotions can change a person. Megan Phelps-Roper uses fallacies that weakens her claim like direct dilemma and hasty generalization. Conducting this analysis we learn that the author wants to convince us that we should listen to the people that we disagree on, that way we can have a better relationship. With her appeals she manages to convince the audience, but the fallacies that are made changes a persons way of seeing things. It makes it less credible and weak when their are fallacies being made. It questions the story and can put the reader in a bubble because they feel that those are the only options like direct dilemma or assuming that the four steps can lead to a person's change
She uses ethos in every paragraph, which helps her to increase the credibility of her ideas. The most obvious example is in the first paragraph, she illustrates three statements by two famous people and an organization: Thomas Friedman, Rachel Dresbeck, and Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, who told readers one thing: chain stores are everywhere, and every place looks the same. Because of the celebrity effect, readers tend to believe this idea. Nevertheless, she also exhibits readers of the good influence examples in the next paragraphs. And these examples of the good influence are true stories rather than only theories. With the popularity of the chain stores, more and more people’s lives become better. That makes readers accept the advantages of the chain stores are more than their disadvantages without
Ethos is a category that appeals to connecting one thing to another to help advertise the product.Resse's uses this tactic by including the pretty well -known rapper Mr.lupo linking the fans of mr.lupo to the cereal.People who watch the commercial will recognize mr.lupo and will want to buy the cereal from the commercial he's in.Connecting the two products together gets out more publicity for and the said product.Ethos is efficient in the process of linking two different subjects so they benefit each other.
Stone uses ethos less frequently then logos. In the article, Stone’s ethos is accomplished by using a real life example when he stated, “Consider just one example: A doctor I know recently submitted a referral for a costly MRI scan for a 46-year-old woman with a week
Lars Eighner uses the appeal of ethos the most prominently in his book to prove he is credible, followed by an appeal logos by applying logic and pathos using stories.
Moving into the speech, pathos,ethos, and logos were mentioned multiple times. Pathos appeal to the emotions which help the reader connect to the speaker. For instance, the use of “Us” and “America will rise” various times allows the audience to connect more to the subject. Also, Booker mentions the statement “Love knows that every American has worth and value” which conveys that the audience is important and that the people of America are in this together. Ethos are appeals to credibility or
One example of ethos in the film was when Guttmacher Institute said from 1973-2008, fifty-three million three hundred ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-four unborn babies were killed in the American Holocaust. A tremendous use of ethos was when Ray quoted from the Bible telling the sixth commandment “Thou shall not murder.” The sixth commandment is not the only time he used the Bible and God as a credible source. Comfort mentioned a verse that states “He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” He used the Bible and God many more times in his arguments and quoted other commandments that one should follow. Ray also uses the very words of Adolf Hitler, leader of the Holocaust, at one point, when Hitler claimed that “[God is] a
To begin, ethos is the appeal to credibility. Ethos use of persuasion to show the writer has a full knowledge of what is being said. Amanda Coyne displays this rhetorical device when she notes she has a family member is prison. This small amount of information credits her knowledge on the emotional effects and the experiences one may have inside a federal prison visitation room. Ethos also promotes the ethical appeal to the reader through the text. For example,“The Long Goodbye: Mother’s Day in Federal Prison” tells the tale of a woman in jail for conspiracy. “Ten years. That boyfriend talked and got three years. She didn 't know anything. Had nothing to tell them. They gave her ten years. And they called it conspiracy. Conspiracy? Aren 't there real criminals out there?” (62). This pulls the reader to start to question the ethics of the justice system and if the system truly beneficial to all who fall under and are held accountable to its standards. Amanda Coyne puts this litotes into this essay to make you question if this woman is a criminal or someone who was caught up in the wrong place and couldn 't get
Because of Keller’s use of pathos to grab attention, using a strong, independent ethos and then backing it up using logos, it was easy to get wrapped up in her cause. Keller’s style was effective and left the audience with the desire to take action.
The first example is ethos, meant to describe ones character through morals, ethics and ideals. Pastor questions the ethics of the corporations and the government for its involvement in the ordeal but never answers the question to show ethos. These large corporations are questioned as to what their involvement in the “organic” industry is and the extant but never having got an answer, all Pastor is left with is to question their motives. Pastor had the same problem when it came to the government, he could only speculate as to why they were even involved with the “organic” industry if they were subcontracting everything out. He never got a straight answer, so it would be hard to determine whether the government was sincere in wanting to regulate “organic” food or just wanting a piece of the money pie “organic” is made up of. Pastor did attempt to track down both of these giants which show his credibility in wanting to get both sides of the story, but he was shu...
A short speech from a politician during the Civil Rights era is “For the Equal Rights Amendment”, delivered by Shirley Chisholm. In this speech, Chisholm uses ethos, pathos, and logos to argue her point of equal rights. An example of ethos that could be found in the speech is when Chisholm says “The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers -- a great pity, on both counts. It is not too late to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to do so.” This would serve as an example of ethos because Chisholm is showing creditably by mentioning why the Constitution was wrote. Additionally, she challenges what the
Ethos is the use of one’s title or background in order to speak on an issue that is presented. Hasselstrom is a female poet, essayist and writing teacher who is using experiences in order to debate the issue of carrying a weapon. Hasselstrom does not have the proper ethos in order to speak on this topic because she does not have any credentials that state she is qualified enough to speak on the issue of guns. The most experience Hasselstrom has with a weapon is the fact that she owns one, however she is lacks the credentials to give certifiable proof that other methods besides a gun is the only valid method that could prevent a physical altercation from occuring. In the excerpt, Hasselstrom stated that a pistol is the only way to shift the balance of power which then provided safety. She has no background on if that statement is true nor have any of the knowledge to justify the
In regards to her pathos persuasions she uses detailed and emotion-packed quotes in order to provoke her audience’s emotions. When it comes to her ethos persuasions, she uses them intermittently throughout her article by referencing her job title as an instructor and clearly establishing her themes and goals of the article in order to create a credible and dependable persona for her audience. Last but surely not least, Ellen Roses utilizes logos persuasions in order to influence her readers in a way that they understand her writing and logically believe what she is
Ethos and logos are used as an appeal in the essay. It was a story with a lot of emotion which she had successfully handled in the whole essay. She presented the essay in the real life with many facts, she gave poetic touch to her essay because of some of the metaphors she used like we didn 't breathe it. She used both logos and pathos in
His original rhetoric appeal was also logos. He was basing his verdict choice on the logical information given in the court room. He was using all of the testimony and evidence to make what he thought was a logical decision. As the evening went on, I feel that his appeal was changed to ethos because of the juror that felt that he was innocent. He was impressed by this man because he was able to stand in front of the group and stick with his guilty verdict and not be swayed at all.
She uses testimonial device to bring in the well-known reliable source known as Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones from “The Atlantic” to help support her case. She uses pathos to appeal to her audience’s emotions by pulling on their heartstrings. She uses the logos to provide support to her article which she means to convince her audience by use of logic, reason, or statistics. She uses euphemism to make something harsh or distasteful sound in a somewhat positive way. She uses ethos to convince her audience of her credibility. There are very few weaknesses in her article which are greatly outweighed by the many strengths in