A wonderful adventure

I made sure I read the chapter for Josh’s sake and mine in case we have a quiz. Overall the chapter was interesting to say the least. Each story had different ways of using ethos, logos, and pathos to persuade the reader. I found the story about Native Americans to be somewhat repetitive. Although he did get his point across I feel as if he could have used different ways to prove his idea. For example “…would never use the word to describe this dedicated 23-year-old woman.” and “…nor have I heard any…use it to describe this good and gracious young mother…” I feel that he could have structured the two sentences differently so they wouldn’t sound the same but get the same idea out. I can relate to the story to some degree because I have Native American relatives and it can relate to other cultures as well. There are derogatory terms for each ethnicity that are not accepted by everyone. From this chapter I saw the different styles of writing that can be used. The story about Affirmative action really grabbed my attention. I felt like Ogletree was qualified to write about this topic because he had experienced it first hand and gives a great background story. I think that someone who has experienced the situation is more qualified to give opinion and to write about certain things. The first story about Hawaii also has this quality. Baptiste is from Hawaii and has experienced their customs. He shows research and knowledge through his writing. This is what I would like to accomplish in my papers. The analysis after each story also helps me explore deeper into the text. This showed me aspects that I missed in my reading. I am going to take these ideas into account when writing my final analysis.