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Ethos Pathos And Logos In Some Contemporary Issues

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Some Contemporary Issues is an article found on Gale database with an unknown author and with an unknown intended audience. The article seems to inform the audience about Native American issues he or she would not know prior to reading. The unknown author effectively uses many tactics to pursue the audience to his or her point of view. The two that stand out the most are pathos and logos. In the first section the author immediately sets the atmosphere of the article as grim but hopeful. The author cites a poem that directly addresses the same topics “Some Contemporary Issues” faces, “those [Native Americans] who were never meant . . . to survive,” (paragraph 1). This inserted poem line brings the irony of the Native American race survival …show more content…

The thesis placed in this spot acts as a bridge to the main topics the article will be about. The second section of this article is dedicated to the explication of how improper census methods leads to casual racism and culture appropriation. Within this section the author describes “wannabes,” who are described as harmless and amusing. However, within the same section the author explains how “wannabes” dilute the Native American culture by popularizing it as a fad without cultural background. Placing “wannabes” under a false security blanket lures the reader into also believing “wannabes” are innocent. This makes the realization wannabes are harmful more impactful. The second section also uses parallel examples to explain the inappropriate questions commonly addressed to Native Americans. By using the parallels, “How much Indian are you?” and “How much African are you?” the reader gains an understanding the first question is socially unacceptable by providing a more common

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