Ethos And Pathos In Richard Rodriguez's Hunger Of Memory

The author used an equal amount of ethos and pathos to persuade the audience even more. The use of ethos in the essay worked to convince because society is able to believe in his credibility. Rodriguez stated, “I wrote a thin book called Hunger of Memory. It was a book about my education, which is to say, a book about my Americanization” (729). When the author says he wrote a book, people will believe him because they think he has experience.
The use of Pathos was also shown in the essay. Rodriguez stated that he had a friend who was confused by America. That in school he had to speak up but, with his Chinese father he was not supposed to. “His Chinese father says that Michael is picking up American ways” (Rodriguez 731). This use of pathos