My 12 Pair Of Legs Analysis

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Aimee Mullins, the speaker of the TED talk titled “My 12 pair of Legs.” She has been, featured in television shows, magazines, and she is an athlete. What is truly amazing about Aimee is that she is able to do things that any other human being would with prosthetic legs. Her talk is to get people to change the way they see the disabled. I feel as if she is also giving hope to the people with disabilities who may think that they have nothing to offer any more. Her Ted talk is very creative and inspiring for people with or without a disability. She was able to appear on stage, speak about her disability, and share with people how she went to solve her daily problems. She even spoke on how teachers would tell their kids in advance not to stare at her legs but when speaking to the children first they did not seem to notice or even care that she was disabled. Aimee Mullins has definitely given an answer to many people who face the same problem as her, but failed to realize that not everyone is as fortunate as she is. Although this may be the case for some people, she still was able to share her innovation and inform them that a disability should not stop you from doing what you want. From the beginning to the end of her talk, Aimee presented a lot of confidence when …show more content…

I would say that the reason why she did not provide any logos was because this way a story of her and her twelve prosthetic legs. The reason her speech appeals to the audience in ethos is that it was easy to trust what she was saying, and many people are able to relate to her story. It was easy to trust what she was saying because she stood on stage with her prosthetic legs and presented pictures of her with different legs during different settings. Her story was not emotional in a sad way but rather happy. Happy, because she was able to solve her problems by getting these legs created for herself so that she could feel

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