Through the use of Kalanithi's own life, he is able to present many life lessons he has been able to uncover and present to the readers through his memoir. While presenting these truths and advice, his writing appeals to the readers, including me, with the incorporation of metaphors or similes, all while building rhetorical strategies, such as ethos and pathos, to appeal to the reader. While using rhetorical strategies, he attempts to convey his message of empathy, communication, and human connection, especially in a medical practice to further connect with his patients. Even though this passage included other rhetoric, I personally believe that Kalanithi building up pathos in this passage appealed to me the most while reading this passage. …show more content…
With this, Kalanithi is able to bond with his patients and sooth them when they are overwhelmed, confused, and terrified. Kalanithi, for example, was able to create an environment for the thirty-five-year-old woman where “she was a person, instead of a problem to be solved” (Kalanithi 90). Creating this safe environment for them allowed Kalanithi to support, empathize, but mainly guide his patients, such as the thirty-five-year-old woman, “calmly” through different options as he attempts to “guide you, as best as I can” (Kalanithi 88). Kalanithi’s interactions with his patients create an environment where he is able to approach his patients as equals to help them further. Furthermore, Kalanithi seeing his patients as people rather than inconveniences really reminded me of the support my family received from all sorts of people, but mainly the doctors, during my mom’s endeavors. These doctors were able to connect with my mother in a caring environment and refused to give up on her, even when she was doubtful about her situation. Just like Kalanithi, my mom’s doctors approached her with equals and encouragement, supporting her with each step, literally. With the aid of the many doctors, my mother and my family were able to get through this time of hardship
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.
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.
The adjectives that I would use to describe Malala is: ambitious, courageous, and frank. The reason why I’m using these adjectives to describe Malala is for the following reasons:
In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, the narrator’s monotonous tone makes the reader experience a lack of emotion and feeling. The novel starts off describing Mersault’s current job and how he must go on leave in order to attend his mother’s funeral. He and his mother have been disconnected for some time as they had come to a mutual agreement with her staying in an elderly home. Mersault, the main protagonist, did not have the money or time to tend to his mother. The elderly home was the best option for the both of them. When he returns home from the funeral, Mersault gets caught up in external affairs he should not be in. He ends up writing a break up letter to Raymond’s girlfriend, which drives the rest of the story. Raymond beats his
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
While the government will attempt to control you, and generate all the decisions they think are right, the people need to stand against them, for the reason that they need to think for themselves and speak up in order for them to have their freedom. Each speaker challenges the listeners to think for themselves instead of letting the government think for them. However, each speaker uses different concepts on how to convince the people to genuinely think for themselves. Furthermore, they show the audience on how to resist the government. Thoreau and Gandhi had similar ways on why and how to resist the government.
The history of life on earth could be thought of as a record of living things interacting with their surroundings; for most of history, this has meant that life molds over time by the environment it inhabits; however, very recently, humans have become capable of altering the environment in significant ways (Carson 49). Marine Biologist, Rachel Carson, in her environmental sciences book, The Silent Spring, documents the detrimental effects on the environment by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson argues vigilantly in an attempt to persuade her extremely diverse and expansive global audience, under the impression that chemicals, such as DDT, were safe for their health, that pesticides are in fact detrimental for their health. Through
Today’s economy and the environment are hurting due to the lack of nurture we have been providing. Conventional farming rules the world of agriculture, but not without a fight from organic farming. Organic farming is seen as the way of farming that might potentially nurture our nature back to health along with the added benefit of improving our own health. With her piece “Organic farming healthier, more efficient than Status Quo,” published in the Kansas State Collegian on September 3, 2013, writer Anurag Muthyam brings forth the importance behind organic farming methods. Muthyam is a senior at Kansas State University working towards a degree in Management. This piece paints the picture of how organic farming methods
In a quote by John Mill, “Does fining a criminal show want of respect for property, or imprisoning him, for personal freedom? Just as unreasonable is it to think that to take the life of a man who has taken that of another is to show want of regard for human life. We show, on the contrary, most emphatically our regard for it, by the adoption of a rule that he who violates that right in another forfeits it for himself, and that while no other crime that he can commit deprives him of his right to live, this shall.” Everyone’s life is precious, but at what price? Is it okay to let a murderer to do as they please? Reader, please take a moment and reflect on this issue. The issue will always be a conflict of beliefs and moral standards. The topic
In a persuasive essay, rhetorical appeals are a very important tool to influence the audience toward the author’s perspective. The three rhetorical appeals, which were first developed by Aristotle, are pathos, logos, and ethos. Pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience, logos appeals to the facts or evidence and ethos exhibits the credibility of the writer.
In 1899, when The Awakening was published, Kate Chopin shocked the public with her portrayal of a woman’s spiritual, sexual, and social awakening. During the late nineteenth century, a woman's place in society was strictly to exalt her children and comply to her husband’s every wish and desire.The Awakening exhibits the exasperations and the victories in a woman's life as she tries to deal with uncompromising cultural demands. Disregarding the cliche of a "mother-woman," Edna battles the pressures that force her to be a completely devoted housewife. Even though Edna's suicide is a waste of her struggles against that way of life, The Awakening motivates feminism as a method for women to acquire sexual freedom, to be financially stable without a man, and their own identity.
The movie trailer “Rio 2”, shows a great deal of pathos, ethos, and logos. These rhetorical appeals are hidden throughout the movie trailer; however, they can be recognized if paying attention to the details and montage of the video. I am attracted to this type of movies due to the positive life messages and the innocent, but funny personifications from the characters; therefore, the following rhetorical analysis will give a brief explanation of the scenes, point out the characteristics of persuasive appeals and how people can be easily persuaded by using this technique, and my own interpretation of the message presented in the trailer.
As we in become more evolved as a nation one of the problem that needs to be address is how to response to diverse faith within our healthcare practices. This essay serves to compare these three different religious philosophies: Yoruba, Hinduism (karma) and Buddhism, to a Christian’s perspective. These religions have wide perspectives but one will key in on health management and what to expect from healthcare point of view while caring for these patients.
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.
The Case for Lord Farquaad's Pursuit of Princess Fiona. In the whimsical realm of Far Far Away, the story of "Shrek" unfolds with its charming blend of fairy tale tropes and modern-day humor. Central to the plot is the contentious pursuit of Princess Fiona by the diminutive yet ambitious Lord Farquaad. While unconventional, there are compelling reasons why Lord Farquaad's pursuit of Shrek's wife should be considered within the narrative context.