Monday, September 19, 2011
Blakely uses a lot of anecdotal evidence to portray her own relationship with wrestling and who it's shaped her and her son's relationship. For example, she tells the story of when he is rushed to the hospital with a broken arm. Blakely is so distraught, she cannot even form a complete sentence. She finally realizes that Ryan is okay, but he won't let the doctors cut off his 'captain' jacket. The specific story ties in everything Blakely needs to illustrate how wrestling has developed them as a family. It displays the pathos of a mother coming to the rescue of her injured son, ethos of her son being the captain of his team and caring so much about his position of authority that he was willing ot sacrifice his arm because 'words matter.'
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I like your textual evidence and the rhetorical devices you mentioned. If you can somehow fit in logos in this paragraph, I think it'd be a very solid introduction or conclusion paragraph for your paper!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you that Blakely ties up a main point by making this connection. I didn't make the same connection with pathos, but her connection to ethos is important. It shows that her son has matured, and relates the the point she makes about stopping wars between younger generations because he's realized one of the ways of prevention.
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