John Elder Diction

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live with a disease in which you have not been diagnosed and nobody can find a diagnosis for you? John Elder wrote Look Me In The Eye to tell the reader stories of his life, from family struggles, friends, and his own issues. Through writing, he had hopes to give a reader insight to his life and see what the life of someone with Asperger’s is truly like, he wanted to give all people and people with Asperger’s information on a topic to see what it’s like. Elder uses ethos, pathos and logos, along with the use of detail and diction to tie all of these together and to create a story which a reader will remember and learn something valuable from.

First of all, John Elder, author of Look Me In The

As with logos, Elder gives you examples of his life and the hardships he felt, the struggles, but also the good times. By using each of these story types, you see both admirable and unpleasant views of his life. One story, for example, which Elder uses to create a sense of credibility is explaining how his mother encouraged him and his family to go see Dr. Finch. When they went, Elder was asked to think of a nickname for both his parents. He called his mom Slave and his dad Stupid. (57) Another example of a story you could say created credibility was when he traveled with the band Fat to the Caribbean. While there, the law came and busted some of the guys in the band for having pot and they all were put into jail. (116) Through telling this, Elder makes us see he is also willing to tell of not the fondest times, too, which makes me believe what he is telling even more. Like with ethos and logos, Elder’s use of pathos is very evident in his writing, too, which he establishes by telling of the sad times, the struggles, and all the times he thought he wouldn’t be able to do