Trevor Noah Ethos Pathos Logos

Trevor Noah, a young comedian, grew up in the early years of Apartheid in South Africa. In his memoir titled Trevor Noah Born a Crime Trevor wrote of his experiences as a child growing up in the Apartheid years, growing up in this period has shaped and made him into the person he is today In the passage Trevor uses the appeal of pathos to convey his feelings of heartbreak and betrayal, this ultimately leads to his tone being alerted into a more sadden or melancholy. Trevor Noah also establishes his Ethos apples. With these appeals, Trevor Noah can use these appeals to convince the audience you don’t own what you love. In the passage, Trevor Noah uses the appeal of pathos to convey his feelings about his first-ever betrayal, and heartbreak. In the beginning part of the passage, Trevor gives
I love Fufi so much! To see her with another boy acting like she didn’t know me after all the nights we spent together I was heartbroken (Noah Paragraph 6). Trevor Noah clearly states that he had become heartbroken at the thought, or sight of his dog Fufi being with another boy, this is the use of pathos, the emotions used are almost a sense of jealousy, resentment, and of course betrayal. Using the point “Fufi being with another boy” as more evidence of the use of pathos, Trevor Noah seems to be attempting to connect with the audience to help understand his point of view that Fufi had chosen someone else to love. To summarize, Trevor Noah uses Pathos to explain his emotions towards Fufi. Essentially betraying him and breaking his heart while also providing a new perspective on his point. Another rhetorical device used is tone, tone is arguably one of the most important devices that a speaker or writer can use, in this passage Trevor Noah starts with a happier, and amazed tone when speaking of all the wonderful things Fufi had done, towards the middle Trevor now has a more saddening, and betrayed, and confused