Why would Brent Staples use pathos, ethos, and imagery in Black Men in Public. How does Staples use pathos, ethos, and imagery to extend his writing in his article of Black Men in Public? Black Men in Public is an article about what it was like to be a black male in the 1986. It wasn’t really about how other blacks males felt but how staples felt and what he did to go out of his way to make himself less threatening during the 1896. Staples uses pathos, ethos, and imagery in this article, pathos means how is he showing his emotion, to give you an emotion of the article, ethos shows how he is credible his writing and if he has enough experience, and imagery is giving you a visually descriptive of writing, so details. Pathos is a way of making you feel an emotion when reading the writing, When reading something you are usually left with an opinion, well that an emotion of what you feel about the article, novel, story, and ect. Staples adds pathos to this article to emphasize how bad racism was during 1986. A quote found in this article is “ As a softy who is scarcely able to take a knife to a raw chicken- let alone hold one to a person's throat- I was surprised, embarrassed, and dismayed all at once” (Staples 2). He …show more content…
Staples uses imagery in his writing to show what he is writing to show what he is trying to express, the article would have more details to show you an image in your head. This quote “ It was clear that she thought herself the quarry of a mugger, rapist or worse” from (Staples 2). He uses imagery in this article because it adds more detail and gives you a better understanding of the article. Staples uses the words mugger and rapist, these words are not uncommon to people so we would normally know what it means or at least a close idea of the definition. When reading the quote above you are you are going to picture a victim and a vitor regarding who they
In the “180” movie Ray Comfort outstandingly used rhetorical appeal throughout his argument in a thorough way to further grasp his audience’s attention. He used pathos, ethos, and logos during the course of his dispute of abortion and the Holocaust. Comfort uses pathos more frequently than the other two appeals, to plea to the audience’s heart strings. An example of when pathos was used was when
Pathos is the appeal to an audience’s emotion. Aside from the other two appeals that I have outlined in this essay, pathos is by far the most recognizable appeal in Lamott’s article. The humorous tone of the article is very easily recognized and frankly, it is hard not to laugh at some of Lamott’s uncalled-for sarcastic remarks (whether it be in your head or out loud). For example, when writing about how every writer she knows never writes an elegant first draft, she continues, “All right, one of them does, but we do not like her very much. We do not think that she has a rich inner life or that God likes her or can even stand her” (1). By making such presumptuous claims about this person, some audiences might find this type of language comical or entertaining, which in turn makes them want to believe Lamott and continue reading. In a way this helps Lamott seem credible to some readers, in which case she has created a successful argument. On the other hand, some readers might find this kind of language unprofessional and inappropriate. Because much of the article deals with language that is full of humor and sarcasm, it would make sense to say that Lamott has directed this article towards an audience who is looking for something more entertaining than a typical statistic-filled essay that one might consider mainstream in this field. Whether it be entertaining or absurd, Lamott most definitely uses the appeal of pathos in her
Bryan Stevenson wrote a book called Just Mercy, which is about the failures in the criminal justice system. He tells the stories of victims of horrible injustices. He uses pathos as a narrative technique in order to persuade readers to feel empathetic towards the people about whom he wrote in his book. Stevenson uses pathos to have the reader feel a variety of emotions, specifically sympathy, anger, and hope because he knows that those emotions have more influence on the readers.
For example, the emotion is felt when Kozol speaks to a student from a New York, Bronx high school, “Think of it this way,” said a sixteen-year-old girl. “If people in New York woke up one day and learned that we were gone…how would they feel? Then when asking how she thought the people of New York would feel she replied, “I think they’d be relieved” (Kozol 205). By mentioning the thoughts and emotions of individuals involved with the issues of school system segregation and inequality his reader cannot help but develop a feeling of empathy for children that feel as if no one cares about them and their issue. Kozol also uses pathos effectively by reading letters to his reader he received from young elementary school children that are not afforded the same amenities as other children in wealthier school systems, amenities such as toilet paper or the appropriate amount of restrooms. Which causes students to hold the urge to relieve themselves out of fear of being late for class (Kozol 214). With the proper use of pathos, Kozol places the reader in the same situation and assistances the reader with an understanding of his reason for conveying a concern to help children in this unfortunate situation. Another example of Pathos is when he speaks of the letters that came from third-grade children asking for help with getting them better things. He mentions a letter that had the most affected on him that came from a girl named Elizabeth, “It is not fair that other kids have a garden and new things. But we don’t have that.” (Kozol 206). This example being only one example of the few things mentioned in the letter. The tone of the little girl from when Kozol reads gives a pitiful and sad feeling. By stating this, it acts on the reader’s emotional state which creates a sense of wanting to resolve the problem of
Pathos was use often in this story to show his compassion to those affected victims, and his disagreement toward the opposing individuals of the death penalty. In the article, the writer put sentences that had emotion that the writer convoke to the audience. For example, in the last two paragraphs he mentions the case of a murder victim that is not help. At the beginning, Koch showed sadness, then toward the end, he displayed the madness he felt toward those who did not do something to help. He believes that the opposing group toward death penalty are the same as the people that did not do anything to help. With this emotion, the author was able to make the reader thoughtful whether not supporting death penalty makes justice of the inoffensive victim. Although the writer uses a considerable amount of emotion, he does not go to an extreme, which would made his argument emotional for the reader to lost interest of
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.
Owens and Sawhill use pathos to evoke the feelings of their readers. This method establishes
Pathos is the idea of using emotion to convince people. Humans use pathos on a daily basis, whether intentional or not. In paragraph 17 he states, “But as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, I
Pathos is connecting to your audience using emotion. If you are able to create a story that will bring out a person’s emotion you are giving them ability to relate to you. This can be done by developing meaningful language, providing emotional examples, telling stories about emotional events and interpreting meanings. The key when using pathos ids to make sure you don't over do it because once you do your audience may think that you are coming off as fake. Ethos makes your story relatable. The audience is able to develop an incite to what you're trying to convey.
know I am not the only one that hates it when a black man dies for a stupid reason everyday. I’ve heard that 925 black people have died this year most are in Chicago. I thought history changed and that our black people would have all of their human rights back. Although we still have people protesting about #BLACKLIVESMATTER and then others are saying ##BLACKLIVESMATTER but no cops are being killed everyday. Which makes no complete sense to me. One kid was running after his ball that rolled down the street and a two cops said it looked like he was part of a robbery. So they put guns to his face the kid was terrified for his life plus he was only 11. The cops weren’t suspended or anything but the kid could've lost his life over something so stupid. When a black man does a crime he gets like 2 years in prison but when a white man does a crime he gets like 3-1 month in prison.
Pathos is an appeal to the emotions of the audience and their emotional needs. She uses pathos in her speech when she talks about her childhood, and how she couldn’t direct the school play because she was a girl. This appeals to the audience for that one part of their life where they were told they could not do something because of their gender. She also uses the if not me then who and if not now when (Watson) to make it seem like it is everyone’s responsibility to participate in achieving gender equality. This appeals to the emotions of people because everyone has that drive to do what is expected of them.
Pathos pertains to emotional appeal and comprises three cognate strategies that are defined as the following:
Owens and Sawhill use pathos to evoke the feelings of their readers. This method establishes an emotional connection
Pathos is the emotion given to written words it sets the tone, emphasis and engagement.
Michael Chabon is in Manhood for Amateurs using pathos as the must used appeal form. In the intervals – just ask my wife – all mothers are (in their own view) bad. P. 25, l. 21. Pathos is the appeal form that appeals to our feelings. Every mother can relate to the feeling of being a bad mother. Chabon is using pathos, so the reader can somehow feel involved, and can reflect oneself in the given situation. Chabon is writing with humor