The article, “Is Our Country as Good as Our Athletes Are?”, written by David Brooks and published in the New York Times brings a different, uncommon perspective on today’s United States of America. When politics arise in conversation in the modern day, most people have strong, negative attitudes and views on America. In the middle of a presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the negatives on today’s world are often brought to the forefront. Additionally, many people are not overly fond of either of the candidates who seem to be quite different than the usual president-to-be. In result, numerous people tend to have pessimistic views of the future as well. As for sports in America, not much on the negative side can be said.
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Logos allows the audience to see the argument logically with the use of hard evidence including facts, statistics, and surveys about the desired topic. Brooks uses a large amount of facts in this paper and uses the sources to help him find them. The following passages are examples of a few statistics used in the article that, like ethos, makes the article reliable and trustworthy. “According to The Economist, 91 percent of online searches are done through American companies’ services, and 99 percent of smartphones run on American-made operating systems.” “American fund managers handle 55 percent of the world’s assets. American businesses host 61 percent of the world’s social media users.” These are just a couple of the many examples of how the author logically appeals to his audience. The purpose of Brooks’ paper is to provide information to the people that doubt the success of the United States of America and to prove to them that America is still on top of the world in many aspects. This is why logos is primarily used in this article when compared to pathos. In the article, “Is Our Country as Good as Our Athletes Are?”, pathos is not used. Pathos is the connection to the reader emotionally. This would not be as useful in a informative article like this one. The audience needs evidence that America is successful to combat the people’s views that think America is in “very bad” standings. Emotionally relating to people using compassion, stories, and personal experiences is not effective here . The author does a good job of realizing this truth and not incorporating it into his
Logos allows the audience to see the argument logically with the use of hard evidence including facts, statistics, and surveys about the desired topic. Brooks uses a large amount of facts in this paper and uses the sources to help him find them. The following passages are examples of a few statistics used in the article that, like ethos, makes the article reliable and trustworthy. “According to The Economist, 91 percent of online searches are done through American companies’ services, and 99 percent of smartphones run on American-made operating systems.” “American fund managers handle 55 percent of the world’s assets. American businesses host 61 percent of the world’s social media users.” These are just a couple of the many examples of how the author logically appeals to his audience. The purpose of Brooks’ paper is to provide information to the people that doubt the success of the United States of America and to prove to them that America is still on top of the world in many aspects. This is why logos is primarily used in this article when compared to pathos. In the article, “Is Our Country as Good as Our Athletes Are?”, pathos is not used. Pathos is the connection to the reader emotionally. This would not be as useful in a informative article like this one. The audience needs evidence that America is successful to combat the people’s views that think America is in “very bad” standings. Emotionally relating to people using compassion, stories, and personal experiences is not effective here . The author does a good job of realizing this truth and not incorporating it into his