Rhetorical Analysis Of Kenneth Gamble's Essay Education Is The Key

I chose to write this rhetorical analysis on Kenneth Gambles essay Education Is the Key. The paper is about why education will end violence. He establishes ethos with an anecdote about his personally experience. This established empathy and informs the reader he had friends that died, were imprisoned, or could have ended up leading better more productive life’s if they had better education. The anecdote also implies that he is an educated man. He has an allusion when he quotes Marcus Garvey. The quote uses imagery about how people not understanding their history is analogous to a tree without root. This imagery paints a powerful illustrations that allows the ready to understand the importance of education.
In the third paragraph he elaborates
on the history of black communities and their mistreatment. Gamble believe that we should not only learn about history but our own eithnisity and background. This helps us learn about were negative emotions and self-derogations originate and how we can cope with them. I believe the Gamble makes a compelling argument because his proposal makes logical sense. However he lacks a creative hand in his writing. The use of more simile, metaphors, and alliteration in his essay would have made a more compelling argument by further engaging the reader. He establishes ethos by implying he came from a destitute background. He covers pathos in his one quote, however he should have implemented a second. If he were to use some statistics or studies that would also make a much more compelling argument.