Ethos Pathos And Logos In Stroff

Authors writings all have a purpose whether it is informing, persuading, or arguing. Also, the authors work include three types of communication, logos, ethos, and pathos. “My first book, Stiff, was an offshoot of a column I wrote for Salon.com.” (Roach 1) The Solon columnist Mary Roach dives into the use of dead bodies that are donated to surgeons for research purposes. Mary Roach wrote the book Stiff. I read a small section of the book. The part I read was very interesting and gave exciting insight to historical research. In the text I read, she seemed to focus on logos and pathos. Pathos is the form of communication through emotion and feelings. While reading this text, Mary allows the audience to engage by including the emotions all humans
Early on in the text, Mary connects the audience with famous literatures such as Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart assisting in common knowledge. “She also provides history, mostly focusing on body-snatchers and the anatomists who used their services.” (Kirkus 2) Also, Mary gives some background on past societies and their understanding on where the soul is. During the history lessons, she explains why societies thought the soul were located; through science and observation of the human anatomy. “She explores some interesting historical side avenues as well; the use of corpses to test the guillotine, earlier anatomical beliefs, grave robbers…” (Cramer 1) The logic established is that all people die at one one point. Also, that bodies donated have multiple uses and can provided an opportunity to assist people to become healthy through the donation of organs. The effect of this use is to set the spine, the core, of the text. It provides a step to dive deeper into the subject. I think she does a great job of informing reader on what happens to dead bodies after they are rolled away from the hospital
Her purpose is to find out what happens to bodies after they die. In this section, she observes a brain-dead patient, nicknamed patient H. In the text, she watches surgeons remove patient H’s organ while they are still functioning. The tone is very informative like a reporter. The viewpoint of the story is first person. Roach provides her reactions, ideas, and thoughts in the text. The audience is targeted toward readers that can stand graphic details of surgery and human anatomy. Roach is very engaging in the text too. She asks surgeons questions and is very active as a spectator of the operation. “She tries to find out if people who have their heads chopped off have a few seconds of sentient life as a head. The answer is: probably.” (Leith 3) Roach uses not many complex vocabulary,but uses medical terms often. She provides details on terms and people that some people may not know. She puts the explanation or further information in the footnotes. Her writing seems to also target people of high education such as college education level pursuing a medical education. Her structure is much like: main plotline, question or a keen observation, then background. Roach is very relatable person. She includes her reactions that make it seem more like a face-to-face conversation rather than a book presenting the information. The work achieves its effects by the author being very engaging in her work and including excellent