Adichie's Rhetorical Analysis: We Should All Be Feminist

Adichie makes use of the rhetorical devices of ethos, logos, and pathos to further her main argument in We Should All Be Feminists. She calls upon ethos when she argues that women's rights are human rights and that as both a woman and a human (and an award-winning author) she's qualified to argue for changes in the way that we all approach matters of gender. She frequently appeals to logos when pointing out the illogical nature of many arguments in favor of traditional gender roles, including an evolutionary one about female apes who bow to male apes (as Adichie points out, humans being are not apes, by definition, nor should we act like our animal ancestors). Of the three rhetorical devices, Adichie makes the greatest use of pathos, using