Analysis & Reading Map of 'The Marginal World'

Up until the 1880s, the United States economy followed the policy of laissez-faire (the idea that the government should have no involvement in the economy), and this led to competition which led to good prices of goods for the average consumer. However with the growth of many large companies that controlled the market, prices of goods raised due to the lack of competition. With consumers becoming frustrated and prices constantly rising, the government was forced to regulate the control of monopolies in the market.

For instance, Eggers strengthened his ethos, which refers to one’s authority and credibility, by interviewing Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun for their commemoration of events during the Hurricane (Rhetorical Approaches p. 21). By interviewing people who actually experienced and lived through the traumatic events, there is a sense of credibility that can be given to the author. Eggers also added more credibility to himself by including praises at the beginning of the book. The praises offered in the book looks official because they are provided by well-known people and publications. For example, Entertainment Weekly praised the book as “Best Book of the Decade” (Zeitoun), even The New Yorker gave praise stating “Through the story of one man’s experience after Hurricane Katrina, Eggers draws an indelible picture of Bush-era crisis management” (Zeitoun). The New Yorker’s statement about Eggers’ work shows

Shortly after grabbing the reader’s interest through concise summary of her story, Robbins introduces her quirk theory and establishes her credibility through her research. She appeals to her reader through aphorism as she defines the term

categories. Downtown became the common term used to define the area of the city where the

Another way Blanco gets ahold of her audience’s attention is through ethos, or credibility. She

In reality, her writing is filled with meaning and symbolism, hidden in plain sight beneath a seamless narrative

Credibility of an author based on their reputation, fair-mindedness, and sincerity is also known as ethos, which Ehrenreich establishes several times throughout the book to make her

Knowing this, she takes her experience and uses it to write this piece and uses it to spread her message and her feelings toward the topic.

Scale- relationship between a specific place in the world, and the Earth as a whole.

Of the three modes of persuasion, ethos, encompasses a person’s credibility. Their credibility is defined by how often then speak truths, if they have good sense, are a morally upstanding person, and their overall goodwill. Sarah Knight is a Cum Laude Harvard English Literature graduate. Simply knowing this can give a positive impression to an audience even before. she has come on stage. She is educated, well spoken, and well versed. The listener could interpret her education and intelligence as a boost to her credibility.

On the seventh of December, 1941, U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor suffered the damage of a surprise attack from 100s of Japanese planes. Being twice as far a distance from Japan as it was from the U.S. mainlands, the port near Honolulu, Hawaii was the target least expected by America. Rather than protecting Pearl Harbor, America was focusing on the areas that had been expecting an attack, such as the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, and Indochina, which were all European colonies in the South Pacific. Since Pearl Harbor was both full of important American warcraft and fairly unprotected, it was the perfect target for a Japanese attack. The reasoning behind the attack was simple. After a war broke out between Japan and China, sprouting from Japan’s attempt at growth, America refused to supply Japan with

Meanwhile, ethos allow the reader to view the author as a trustworthy source and builds the author's credibility. An author can do this in a number of different ways, such as using other credible sources to their advantage or by building common ground with the reader. It is especially important for Gladwell’s audience to trust him, as he is trying to convince them that what they believe about success is wrong.

To convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character. Ethical appeal; Ethos. “Each year, 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States, simply because too many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption when looking for a new pet. The number of euthanized animals could be changed dramatically if more people adopted pets instead of buying them.” The Humane Society of the United States. Every time you adopt a pet you’re saving it’s life. Now i’m not a very good example as I just bought a dog from a breeder a week ago, but my family has adopted. We had heard of this pitbull mix that was at the Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter. He had only a couple of days left before he was going to be euthanized. My sister, Jamie, is very in love with pitbulls so we went to go check him

He establishes his credibility by conveying his confidence and authority through his word choices and style of writing. By incorporating the use of real-life examples and factual evidence, Gladwell appeals to logic, which exemplifies his viewpoint of the issue in which he is writing about. Gladwell also draws his readers in by appealing to their emotions, which indicates that he knows what they value. His readers are drawn in by, not only his assimilation of credibility and logic, but his use of emotion as well. By including these aspects, Gladwell conducts a rhetorically effectively argument that draws his readers in and provokes them to stop and consider his point of

This appeals to the rhetorical strategy ethos. This helps pull the reader's attention in and makes them believe the claims she is making. Having first hand accounts of this experience allows her article to connect with the readers so they know what she has gone through. The audience can see the author's credibility through this making it more believable. Showing us her side of the story lets us know that these problems are real. Explaining to the audience examples of this in everyday life and language makes the audience feel like something must be done.