Ethos and Pathos

     Both writers use ethos and pathos in their works to appeal to their audience. In "Love - you're doing it wrong," the speaker establishes his own credibility with the subject by stating his marital status. Dealing with the topic of love, it is very helpful for him to give evidence of his own experience with love. A person who is single with not much experience with love would be less credible to his/her audience. Toni Morrison also uses ethos in her piece to establish credibility from her readers. In "Strangers," the narrator shares an experience in which they meet a mysterious fisherwoman who they feel attached to but never see again. This experience is a way of establishing credibility as well because the narrator went through what she mentions later in the piece. The mysterious fisherwoman opened her eyes to the ideas that she talks about later. As far as pathos, it is hard not to use an emotional appeal on an audience when talking about love. The reason why is because love is something that we all feel and something that we all desire. Yann Dall'Aglio brings up examples of acts of love that reaches out to our emotions. One of the ones he mentioned was the teenage boy who buys jeans that he later rips to impress a girl. It may sound corny but it is cute to some people. Toni Morrison does offer an emotional appeal in her work but it is not as apparent. The second have of the story consists of explanations and hypothetical situations which ultimately do involve pathos. They offer an appeal that is relatable to many people, triggering their emotions. Both pieces ultimately use ethos and pathos to appeal to their audience, just in different ways. I don't believe that either are trying to persuade the reader, rather they are trying to inform the audience.