Alicia+L

-Alicia Lee
 * 1)  A writer is someone who has something they would like to share with others. They have depth and can express themselves to others using words. Every person has a story, though it is only through choice that they will relay it through reading. I believe a writer is only a writer if they are willing to pour themselves into their writing. They are artists. A true writer makes you think. It can spark creativity or totally turn you off. The endless options of views are the benefit in creating my own definition of a “writer”.

2. The article, “The Debate That Never Rests” written by Pamela Paul is focused on the debate of the “correct” way to get babies to sleep. I feel she used invented ethos in her piece. In the text she stated, “Since the age of three months, our little Beatrice has slept from 7to 7.” In that quote it is very noticeable how she made her baby sleeping a very positive thing, making it invented ethos. Her quote was in light of her positives of her experience of Ferberization with her baby. By Paul stating the positives she has had with the technique, she does not only encourage it, but also it seems as if she is promoting it to the readers. Pamela Paul added a quote by Dr. Richard Ferber, a source that would give her article credibility. That quote gives her article the sense of situated ethos because Ferber is reputable and it makes readers lean towards her opinion. -Alicia Lee

3. In the //New York Times// Editorial "Water in the Desert," pathos is very strong. The author uses enargeia, honorific language, and pejorative language to express emotion based on the situation of humanitarian aid in the desert. The use of enargeia is stated  in the quote, "We also know that criminal border violators- gun runners heading south, drug traffickers and human smugglers coming north- are a far more dire threat than littering humanitarians." That quote represents the reality of what is really important; leaving plastic jugs of water in the desert to prevent dehydration, or more extreme threats of human endangerment. "Compassion needs no permits," is a quote that some advocates stated in attempt to sway peoples ideas of their advocacy group. They are using pathos in the way that people will feel a connection. The editorial is filled with pejorative language. The quote, " When the government cracks down on illegal crossings while refusing to establish safe, sane alternative, funneling people into the remotest stretches of a burning desert, it shares responsibility for the awful results. One of those results in plastic bottles. Another is corpses." is extremely emotional based. It really puts in focus the severity of the conflict. A water bottle left in the desert, or a human life. -Alicia Lee