Week 8 Deegan

I thought that Hannah’s group about abortion did a really good job bringing in pathos, logos, and ethos. Abortion is a very touchy subject for most people, and the way they expressed their views through personal stories really touched on the audience’s pathos. Dani’s character told a story about how her mother had contemplated aborting her, but was talked out of it, and that’s why she is still here today. That is a very good example of getting your viewers to agree with you when such a sensitive story like that is brought up. Ryan’s character also mentioned how his friend was raped and became pregnant, and she decided on getting an abortion so she would not have constantly deal with connected to her rapist through their child. This was also a very good example of pathos and really played on the audience’s emotion. This also was a very good way of touching on ethos, since their personal experience gave them a first hand view to whether or not they support abortions. As a country, we do not value rape, so it is a good story to sway the viewers in the opposite direction and get them to support you. During their speech they also gave many statistics about rape and how many potential children there could have been if abortion was not an option for women, and when you take that into consideration it could change your mind if you imagine having 55 million more people on Earth.