Summary Of The Great Influenza By John M Barry

To the general population, science seems like a field that consists of facts and certainty. However, this could not be further from the truth. The life’s work of a scientist can be taken away in an instant. In a passage from “The Great Influenza,” John M. Barry expresses that the success of a scientist depends on their capacity to handle challenges. Using ethos, extended metaphor, and rhetorical questions, Barry characterizes science as a path of uncertainty. Barry’s use of ethos begins with a quote from Claude Bernard, who believed that “science teaches us to doubt.” Scientists must have the strength to doubt their beliefs and interpret their theories from different perspectives in order to find chinks in it, even if that means the complete