Gregory+C

1. A writer is an artist who uses words instead of a brush. Writers draw out emotion through language rather than vivid colors in a picture. Some writers can influence the mind of the reader; others can completely reshape the way one thinks. Writers can be anyone who is capable of writing. Writers also have the ability to shape the way people view the world. A writer is a person who has a mind full of imagination, waiting to be masterfully expressed on paper. A writer is a person capable of changing history as we know it. A writer is you and I.

-Gregory Christakos

2. In ‘The Debate That Never Rests”, author Pamela Paul takes the open minded approach to the several methods of getting a baby to sleep. Pamela is using invented ethos to get her points across to the many people who will read her essay article. She uses her own experiences as a parent and the word of many doctors who have written guidance books to seem credible. At the same time, she explains a few methods to the reader, and keeps an open minded approach to each. This shows that she is being positive in character which helps her establish her trustworthy invented ethos. When she explains the methods of getting your child to sleep so you can sleep, she doesn’t dissent with any of the ideas, she maintains a ‘could work could not work’ attitude. To top things off, she also ends the article in a sort of summative approach, which shows her as remaining neutral on the simple subject she is writing about. Overall, her writing comes off as positive and fair-minded, therefore invented ethos was clearly used.

-Gregory Christakos

3. In “Lining Up for Help”, the editorial author was writing about how poor our health care system is and how the proposed plan will do the United States some good. The author manages to use all forms of Pathos discreetly to convey an image in the readers mind, but uses enargeia most effectively. An example of enargeia used effectively in the editorial was “That was impossible last week when we saw pictures of thousands of people waiting stoically outside an improvised clinic in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles. It looked as if it was happening in an underdeveloped country, where villagers might assemble days in advance for care from a visiting medical mission” (Lining Up for Help). Words like stoically, and assemble, create a strong image on top of what the author was trying to convey. Any reader who has been in the situation of waiting extensively for bottom line care can easily relate to this article and agree with the information/opinions the author was laying forth. Between combinations of flawless enargeia, followed through with some minor pejorative language when bashing politicians, anyone can easily connect to this article. The author, whomever that may be, used Pathos effectively, especially when addressing those who have experienced poor health care (Lining Up for Help).

-Gregory Christakos