For my analysis i chose to read Mr. Collin's Proposal from Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Collins shows Pathos when he tells Elizabeth that her modesty adds to her other perfections. He is touching her emotions by telling her that he thinks she is perfect. Then later on in his speech he says how much happier she would make him, which is also clearly an appeal to her emotions. Then right at the end after she refuses him, he says that she is uniformly charming, which is his last effort to change her heart by complimenting her. Mr. Collins shows Logos by giving logical reasons why they should get married. He says that every clergyman should get married to set an example for his parish. He also uses logos by saying how he is wealthy, and she should want him because of that. Lastly, he also uses logic when he says that a woman told her he should marry a gentlewoman. He then contributed that Elizabeth is a gentlewoman, and comes to the conclusion that she is the one for him. He tries to build credibility by playing up his prior achievements to show ethos. First he asserts that he has plenty of money and resources to support the both of them. Then later on he mentions his connection with the noble family of de Bough. Then finally toward the end, he brings in Elizabeth's parents, and says that they will help to persuade her to marry him.
My paper had a good amount of ethos and logos, but it was somewhat lacking in pathos. I had plenty of good facts for logos. I said that chemicals in the brain allow you to be less stressed out. I also said that sports put you into a more positive mentality, which was proved via a scientific experiment. I showed ethos by having plenty of credible sources that i used. I used researchers such as Livestrong and mayo clinic to give facts and support my arguments. I also told them where to get involved in intramural sports, which shows that i know a good amount about the program. I need to find a way to put more pathos into my paper. I can't give examples because i don't really have any, but i'm thinking of adding a personal story of a time i played sports or something of that nature. If i can get some more emotion into my paper i think it will turn out well.
I'm sure there is a story somewhere about how intramural sports changed someone's life or benefitted the immensely. Ask people, maybe there's something on the internet (who am I kidding, everything is on the internet) something like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm struggling with you on how to add ethos to mine too so I'm going to try to throw in some good imagery, you could try that.
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