Pathos In Nick Naylor

He likes to reference the 2008 presidential campaign and depending on the political opinions of the reader it can conjure up many different emotions in some reader. By using pathos he gets people more interested in the topic of the article by involving their emotions and making it easy to relate to through the use of recent events. He uses an example of John McCain choosing not respond to rumors which he later explains is the wrong way to go about combatting a rumor. In the article he writes,“When John McCain, during the 2000 Republican primaries, was plagued with rumors that he had fathered an illegitimate child, for the most part he opted not to engage with them at all” (513). The fact that this example can be agreed with or disagreed with can bring emotions along from the reader.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick’s unreliability as a narrator is blatantly evident, as his view of Gatsby’s actions seems to arbitrarily shift between disapproval and approval. Nick is an unreliable and hypocritical narrator who disputes his own background information and subjectively depicts Gatsby as a benevolent and charismatic host while ignoring his flaws and immorality from illegal activities. He refuses to seriously contemplate Gatsby’s negative attributes because of their strong mutual friendship and he is blinded by an unrealized faith in Gatsby. Furthermore, his multitude of discrepancies damage his ethos appeal and contribute to his lack of dependability.

His philosophy, ‘I’m inclined to reserve all judgements…’ suggests he won’t take any characters sides, and that he will think twice before ‘criticizing anyone’. Although at the beginning we seem to put our trust in Nick that he will be a detailed narrator, we can begin to question his reliability near the end of chapter 1 when Nick says, ‘I was in and without’, highlighting inconsistent narrating skills (he won’t be fully involved in all the events that go on), and therefore, we can assume that sometimes he will step back in the novel and let the inevitable unfold. One example of Nick being reserved is in Tom Buchanans house, when he is being invited over for dinner with Daisy Buchanans and Jordan Baker. He seems to withdraw in passing conversations and ‘avoid all eyes’. This either suggests he can be unsociable and shy at times, or he is merely observing certain situations without contributing to them.

She does not take on a superior or subordinate tone; rather it is like she’s having a conversation with her audience as a peer. I find this very powerful because she achieves what she wants to in a subtle way. Naylor doesn’t lecture or blame she simply shares her experience.

Nick's candour demonstrated through his narration and observations draws the reader to believe he is exceptionally honest. He affirms his honesty by saying "I am one of the few honest people I have ever known"

The film ‘Thank you for Smoking’ is a dark comedy where the primary protagonist, Nick Naylor is a lobbyist. He talks for the cigarette industry and will not extra the American Authorities or even the press. At the in advance, the film prominently tackles all these topics but deep down it also portrays the partnership between a dad and a son.

Nick is an unreliable narrator. He seems, from the beginning, to be level headed and wholly observant. However, he blacks out when he gets drunk, and we lose time. Also, he is deeply embedded and prejudices us against Tom and for Gatsby.

Throughout the article Guindlen uses pathos in various forms, but she mainly enforces it on readers towards alcohol abuse. She uses pathos appeal to aware readers on

In The Great Gatsby, Nick uses a lot of rhetoric to convince the other characters to do things. He is the man in control of the situation and has to keep the other characters doing the

Throughout the story, Nick’s rants are a loss of control that “he [can feel] coming on” (410) however the rants bring him a certain clarity. Without those opportunities, Nick is just a shell-shocked man with shrapnel fragments in his skull (407). That shell-shock is most prominently shown when Nick is leaving the dugout because his memories of his time there are swamping his mind and weakening his control on the outbursts. Nick is retrieving his bicycle, which is a symbol for youth and the way that he was as well as another symbol for his loss of identity. While he is getting his bicycle, he has another flashback. That flashback however is disjointed, making it seem as though he is between realities. Again, this links back to Nick’s struggle for control over his mind and identity even though in this case he’s not succeeding. Therefore one might be left with this message: One must either govern or be governed, both mentally and physically, in the fight for

When it comes to allies, Nick is known for making oodles of friends. One of which is Natalie Shaner, who loves kids and takes Latin and Physics with him. Natalie tends not to speak to new people, but when Nick talks to her she can’t stay quiet! Natalie describes him as, “Seeing as… I know him well… he is like a child… However, I would… describe him as the brightest bulb in the box.” Nick loves making new friends. It’s rare to see him without a pal or two around and some even report a few ladies trailing behind him. Nick has no enemies. If someone dislikes him, Nick sits them down, gently yet firmly touching their shoulder, and asks them who hurt them. No one can resist immediately bursting into tears and crying into Nick’s perfect arms. This is just one example of many in which No-Knees Nick aids others generously.

Before one can learn, one must be confused. It’s no surprise that a coming of age character starts out naïve and inexperienced. When Nick first introduces himself, he appears very innocent. “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice,” he says. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (Fitzgerald 1). Nick naively claims that he is a man

One thing that surprises me about Nick is that he was loyal to Gatsby who seemed likeable enough but empty inside. He seemed like the picture was more important than the real person. Nick was interested in person and would put himself in a bad light to help a friend. “I didn’t want to go to the city. I wasn’t worth a decent stroke

Nick Naylor is a father and a smooth-talking handsome man who’s a tobacco lobbyist and the vice-president of the "Academy of Tobacco Studies”. They claim that their research hasn’t found any evidence of smoking being connected to cancer. They try to put cigarette smoking in a positive light. With the anti-tobacco campaigns the numbers of young smokers have declined and Naylor suggests that they have actors smoke cigarettes in movies to boost sales. Nick ex-wife is married to a doctor and doesn’t have a good perception of Naylor. Naylor wants his son to like him but is having issues bonding with his twelve year old son Joey, so he decides to takes with him to Los Angles, California on a business trip. There he tries to promote cigarette placement in movies. Naylor teaches Joey about the art of debate throughout the trip. Naylor try and succeeds at bribing Lorne Lutch, who gets cancer from smoking when he played the Marlboro Man, to take hush money for

Nick Naylor, chief spokesman of the Academy of Tobacco Studies, a tobacco industry firm that promotes the benefits of cigarettes. He utilizes the media and persuasion techniques in order to highlight an unfair crusade against tobacco and nicotine. The satire is heightened by Naylor's association with lobbyists from other industries. They form what is known as the M.O.D. Squad, a reference to a police drama, but in this case "M.O.D." stands for "Merchants Of Death".