David+B

1. A writer is a thinker. No matter what, a writer always thinks about something when he's writing. A writer puts down ideas that come from his head. The ideas can come from thinking for a long period of time, a short period of time, or right then and there. A writer's ideas can always be original too, even if he is told to write. However, a thinker doesn't always have to be a writer. I would say the best thoughts are written down though so the world can see them and look back on them time and time again. That's what makes a writer a thinker and writing a privilege. - David Balich

2. In the article "The Debate That Never Rest", it is apparent that Pamela Paul includes different types of ethos in her writing. Ethos, invented ethos, ethopeia, and situated ethos were all apparent in Paul's writing. Paul says "My program, developed by a woman and husband and I call the Baby Nazi, instructs parents to schedule what baby and mommy should do at every given moment. Severe as it sounds, it seems to work." You can see that Paul feels like the best way to get a baby to sleep well at night is to keep it on a program and to make sure you have a planned schedule for your baby. She then relates her own experience with her baby, which has to do with invented ethos in the article. Then Paul uses ethopeia when she brings up Dr. Richard Ferber and his idea on letting the baby cry itself to sleep. She obviously doesn't agree with it and proves it is not good for the baby. So in the article, the writing logic of ethos are used. -David Balich

3. "Water in the Desert" is the editorial I read that discussed the issue of providing immigrants with water in the desert. A man named Walt Staton, who belonged to a group called No More Deaths, was convicted of littering and sentenced to probation and 300 hours of community service. Pathos are definitely present in this editorial. The author uses enargeia and pejorative language. Using enargeia, the author makes it clear how he feels about the situation. "Common sense has a way of evaporating in the dangerously surreal setting of the Arizona desert. Plastic litter is a threat to the environment, but so is the strategically dubious border fence, which disrupts migration and feeding for rare and endangered animals along hundreds of miles of remote wilderness." He helps the reader see that plastic water bottles can have negative effects on endangered animals who also share the desert with the illegal immigrants crossing. Pejorative language is used against the illegal immigrants. He creates a stereo type by saying, "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." The editorial then goes on to talk about what Obama is going to do to solve the problem next year. Although I don't agree fully with the author, pathos are definitely present in this editorial and are effective. - David Balich