A Plea for Caution from Russia
Title jumps right out at you. Russia, why would they plead
for anything from us, especially in the New York Times? The author was none
other than Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. I read the article and
decided this would work great for my blog assignment. Maybe even a little too well
as the Russian President switches back and forth through the three types of
appeals with ease, using them multiple times in the article. Read the article
here, What
Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria - NYTimes.com and then see my
examples below.
The third paragraph is a perfect example of using Logos to
logically explain why we shouldn't use force against Syria unless UN mandated.
Ethos is used in several paragraphs, but really stands out
to me in number eight. In this paragraph he talks about “Russia advocating peace”
and “the law being the law”. He is doing everything he can by this point in the
article show Russia’s Character and credibility.
Pathos is shown in paragraph ten. In this paragraph he
really appeals to the emotions of the American people. “Why is America involved
in other countries conflicts”, “long term interest”, and “the world is seeing using
brute force rather than a model of democracy” are all emotional driven.
I might even like to read more by President Putin. He seems
like he really knows how to change his discourse to easily be understood by the
audience.
Jason,
ReplyDeleteI saw your post on mine about the material we used. It is appropriate to use political examples as long as we curb our political views of the situation. I am very politically minded in my demeanor outside of school, but refrain from detouring my work on specific course material to cover what is being asked. You may have an opinion and stand, but would offer a suggestion to utilize it as an example and let your work speak volumes towards what is being asked. Trust me this is a hard task.
Ronnie
Jason, good analysis of an apt article for this post!
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