In “Strangers”, by Toni Morrison and the TedTalk of “Love-
You’re Doing It Wrong”, the rhetorical strategies of logos, ethos and pathos
are used. In “Strangers”, the story of a woman who is seen once and disappears
is told. When the man begins to think more of the woman after she leaves, the
author uses pathos to show the reader the man’s thoughts and feelings. He
begins to ask about her and wonder who she is and where she went, so pathos is
used with the feeling of betrayal and confused. He feels betrayed because she
just left with no reason or say, but also confused because he wants to know
more of her starting with where she went. Logos is also used in “Strangers”,
when he begins to think of her and why she might have left, and makes stories
and thoughts of her, using inductive reasoning as to where she is and who she
is. In “Love- You’re Doing It Wrong”, the speaker used pathos when he discusses
how love is an amount of value and desire for someone, showing emotion to the
crowd that love is a strong feeling and not just a word or action. The speaker
of the TedTalk is also using ethos when he tells his audience of consumerism
being materialism. He gives the thought of love being an action to show
feelings for one person and uses multiple examples to get his point across,
like the teenage boy buying new pants for his crush, not because he might
actually need them .
In the Ted Talk “Love – You’re Doing It Wrong” by Yann Dall’Aglio, he uses ethos towards the middle of his presentation. He starts to say the more you have, the more valuable you are. This is using the form of argument ethos because he’s referring to an act based on authority. The more money means the more power which hence means you’re more valuable. He puts up on the screen a model next to a car, also a form of ethos. For example, “This car is endorsed by this model.” At the very end of Toni Morrison’s short story “Strangers,” she sums up her ideas using ethos. She tells us, Robert Bergman’s book of portraits, “A Kind of Rapture,” goes along with her idea of strangers. When she brings the story all together by introducing a well-known artist, she is using the form of argument ethos. She introduces a person of higher power that agrees and portrays her train of thought.
ReplyDeleteBoth the video and the story use pathos because talking about love will obviously bring some emotion in to their examples. In the Norton Reader, the story “Strangers by Toni Morrison uses emotion by the main character longing for someone he can relate to and he can express who he really is. When he can’t find her anymore he becomes depressed but realizes she doesn’t exist. He finds out that he is afraid to embrace parts of himself to the world and just wants to share it with another person. In the Ted Talk, “Love – you’re doing it wrong” by Yann Dall’Anglio, he uses pathos by explaining how people value in each other and in themselves and why they do so. Instead of proving ourselves to other people by our life achievements or what we wear every day to stand out, self-mockery and revealing one’s true personality will help people have a better relationship.
ReplyDeleteIn the video, “Love--you’re doing it wrong” by Yann Dall’ Aglio, and “Strangers,” by Tony Morrison the rhetorical strategy of pathos was shown in both. In “Strangers,” pathos is shown when he meets the mystery fisherwoman and after they part he can’t stop thinking about seeing her the next few days. “I will invite her into my house for coffee, for tales, for laughter. She reminds me of someone, something. I imagine a friendship, casual, effortless, delightful.” (Morrison 135.) He can’t get her out of his head and all he wants to do is see her again. In the video “Love—you’re doing it wrong,” pathos is also showed when Yann Dall’ Aglio said, “Love can be defined in a more accurate way as the desire of being desired.” He was talking about how people love to be loved. He explains how people want to become and remain desirable and how they buy things that symbolize desirability in order to connect with others and bring people in.
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