Rhetorical Analysis On Jk Rowling

Within her speech J.K.Rowling weaves in her own personal narrative to convey through first hand experience the importance of failure and imagination as they are critical to general empathy and self- empathy. As Rowling emphasizes in her speech failure is beneficial as removes the pressure of the unattainable expectation of perfection we have for ourselves and the “what those closest to me expected of me.” By focusing on expectations and proving ourselves we strike an “uneasy balance” in life. Rowling recounts her own struggle with the expectations of her parents and her own desires: “they hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English Literature.” Rowling failed to focus on her own wishes, above pleasing others and

Rowling indirectly characterizes Amnesty as being founded on human empathy through the emphasis of the previous hardship of her co workers: “Many. . . were ex-political prisoners, people who had been displaced from their homes, or fled into exile, because they had the temerity to speak against their governments.” Thus she contends the importance of empathy as it is the reason her co-workers want to help those who are facing similar unjust hardships to the ones they faced. Through retelling her experience at Amnesty, Rowling demonstrates that “humans can learn and understand, without having experienced.” Specifically she describes a man who had “brutality inflicted upon him” and became as fragile as a child, in addition to another man who screamed “of pain and horror” learning that his rebellion got her executed. Rowling depicts the tragedy these men faced through imagery and metaphor, thus evoking pathos in the audience and a portion of the empathy she acquired from these experiences. Rowling thus establish empathy as an important source of “ human goodness” as it “saves lives and frees prisoners.” It is for this reason Rowling conclusively contend the importance of empathy as those with “status and influence” who “choose to identify. . . with the powerless” can “raise your voice on behalf of those who have no