Ethos, Pathos, & Logos Packet

Assignment #1


Einstein appealed to the girl by trying to keep it as simple as possible. He explained to her how although scientists mainly believe in laws of nature and science, some also believe that their knowledge is not perfect and that they may believe there is a power that odes. This is based off of faith. This appeals to her logos because while he states that most scientists don't rely on prayer or faith to determine their work, there are thos that do believe that there is a greating power that can determine all laws. That puts up a good counter argument. By using ters as "humble, spirit and religious," he mildly appeals to her pathos by not just using washed-up terms that would have had no meaning behind them, but he used more personal and specific words that were more direct to her question. He does also slightly appeal to her eoths as well by stating that he too does have some doubts and question about many things, including scientific things. It will help her understand that it mainly depends on the person how nobody is perfect and knows all of the answers nor is anbody the same.


Assignment #2


The political cartoon I saw was a soldier and a scholar both holding rolled up diplomas and above them it said "I figure it's easier to find a war than a job these days." It may both appeal to and upset different viewers of the cartoon. It appeals to certain ethos because there may really be people in that same situation, which in that case it might have a little appeal to pathos. There isn't much logos due to the fact that there is only one sentence and line, which makes a counter argument almost impossible. If the scholar had had a line too, then there might have been space for a debate or argument. It's a bit one-sided I would say. The cartoon is from September 27, 2007 when George W. Bush was still in office and was implying that Bush was doing better at starting wars than he was creating jobs.


Assignment #3


Princess Diana Dies in Paris Crash

The BBC reporter informed the public of the tradgic news that day. His story tried to provide a certain sense of closure. Theer was no light way to put it, but it had to be said. It got the point across but without a personal friendliness that was much needed.

Queen Elizabeth's televised Speech
*Missing the Page*

Lord Spencer's Eulogy
*Missing the Beginning*

Lord Spencer delivered what many people could not in the situation. He comforted people by reminding them of what a great person she was. He pledged to protect her sons from the same kind of treatment that recieved so that no type of tragedy should happen again. He delievered the speech well and proved the point that even though one that is loved is lost, they will never be forgotten and will always be remembered for decades, maybe even centuries to come.

Wikipedia Entry for Princess Diana (accessed September 15, 2006)

This entry explains alot of controversial things that are going on years after the crash. It does it's job in sparking up more drama and controversy, but does the exact opposite for certain others. The certain articles that are in this entry just try to get the truth out so that the world really knows what happened so many people could have complete closure. It is directed more for an audience that didn't have an extremely personal relationship to the princess because it would cause too much hearthache for them, but more for the people who want justice with full and complete closure. On that note, the article served it's purpose depending on where you stand in the situation.