Monday, September 1, 2008
Pathos
The name of my article is "Yes, I Did It". It's about Michael Phelps and his great performance these past couple weeks. It talks about Phelps growing up and overcoming hardships like ADHD and being bullied all the time because he was a swimmer and not a football or lacross player. And how now all the people that made fun of him feel awful and are even now trying to add him as a facebook friend and things like that. This evokes pathos because it goes to show that what people say doesn't matter. Do your thing, and don't let anyone get in your way. Don't change anything for anyone else. This article shows you how it feels to overcome your hardships. Phelps did it, and did it well.
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I find it very interesting that the people who used to make fun of Michael Phelps are now trying to be friends with him just because he is rich and famous. I know that at my high school the swimmers weren't seen as necessarily the "popular" or "cool" group like the football and baseball players were. However, swimming is just as much as a demanding sport as football and baseball. It's cool that he could stick with it and has become such an amazing athlete despite all of the hardships he has had to encounter.
I definitely think that this article that you read would appeal to their readers because of pathos. The author allows the readers to identify with Michael Phelps and to encourage them to do, as you've said, anything that they want to do. It allows people to identify with Michael Phelps with possible past feelings of insecurity and anything like that. I also think that the author simply establishes ethos because of it being the famous character of Michael Phelps who has made his place in the world by being the person who has won the most gold medals.
Phelps is definately an American hero of overcoming adversity. People used to give me lip all the time about being a swimmer. Phelps has given the underdog proof of a successful life. I feel that the man himself is an argument of Pathos. He loves swimming, he loves America, and he loves being a hero to so many young people with dreams in their hearts. He has showen that a human being is capable of the impossible and that has inspired the fellowship of the American people. Excellent choice of a Pathos argument.
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