Debates are means by which individual or group of people share their views of a particular subject through arguments or forums. Debates use rhetorical appeals, which are logos, ethos and pathos to send messages across the same audience. Logos is the capacity of making the audience have confidence in the speaker by using logical explanations, facts and statistics. On the other hand, ethos is an appeal of making the audience believe that the debater’s idea is credible using the speaker’s experiences and sources. Pathos is an appeal that gives message to the audience through different emotions. In this “New York Times: Room for debate”, debaters use those appeals to explain the meaning of dress code in today’s …show more content…
For him, it is really disturbing. During summer, many people might want go to work like that. This argument convince the audience that despite the weather, people should still dress professionally to work. He blames technology for destroying sense of style because of the advance of technology which motivates people to work at home in pajama rather than going to office. Because of this, people lose sense of what professional casual means today. He convinces the audience that it is not really necessary to wear suit in all business situation but we still need to go to the workplace wearing good outfits and that should not be clad in flip-flop or short. However, comparing Troy’s argument to Heather Pool’s argument using pathos, Heather also appeal to sad emotion, but in more deeply sense. In her argument when she was asked by a reporter if the dress she was wearing was just a mere uniform like a mail carrier or a mechanic, she replied angrily that her office dress is not just a simple uniform because if so, people could have to wear like her during Halloween. Her reply to the reporter lays out a strong argument that convinces the audience about the difference between a uniform and an office dress code. Workplace clothing standards vary greatly among different workplaces. …show more content…
Troy does not convince the audience about the meaning of office dress code today because he neglects to establish his credibility by telling the audience where he works. The only thing the audience knows about him is his foundation, which is Troy Alexander Project, a fashion and lifestyle focused blog. Although, Heather Pool used ethos to appeal to her audience, she was more credible and reliable than Troy Alexander and know the importance of dress code as she works on a plane. Her description about the aviation dress code is credible as she explains her own article based on observations and experiences. She explain to her audience about her job and her dress-code. By making her arguments, she tries to tell her audience why different occupations require different dress code. She also claims that that professional dress code does not only identify the employee or the company, but also gives the employee credible recognition. Therefore, Heather Pool’s arguments appears more trustworthy to the audience than troy Alexander’s arguments on the meaning of the office dress