Rhetorical Analysis Of Judy Brady I Want A Wife

Judy Brady states “ I belong to that classification of people known as wives.” (229) The classification of a wife is “a married woman considered in relation to her spouse.” In addition to being a wife, Judy also had the privilege to be a mother, incidentally. In order to be a wife and a mother, a lot of responsibilities have been tagged along with those acts. Examples may be taking care of the kids, keeping a stable job, or even making the dinners for your family. In the article, Judy Brady informs men and women, mainly women, that all these duties are not meant for only the women of the family. This brings up the topic of women’s rights and the argument that Brady is trying to hint to everyone that the women should not have to be drowning in all the work the men put on them.

In the end of the article Brady uses a rhetorical question, explaining that the wives are the ones who do all the work: “ My God, who wouldn’t want a wife?” (230). Her reference to this quote uses pathos because the rhetorical question adds humor into the thought of why she wants a wife; Judy uses pathos to put the reader at ease and to suspend judgment. Another example of pathos is in Paragraph 8 “ I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one” (230); this statement is more of a ridicule than humorous. Pathos is the emotional appeal based on their feelings. Judy Brady mainly uses humor throughout her article, but other ways it may be interpreted may include to build bridges or to sustain an