Author: Godsey is a male who for half his life "...been constantly conflicted, never content and remarkably self centered." Always "comparing myself (Godsey) to narrow, arbitrary ideas about what we all "need" to look like." (117) His life experience is what the essay is essentially about.
Audience: Males who have been fooled by this massive trick. Those who have fallen to the false ideas taught to them by society and media. "Society is telling them now, more than ever before, that their bodies define who they are as men."
Purpose: Godsey attempts hack at what has become rooted in our minds, which is this idea that bodies define who men are. His main point, "Masculine value doesn't lie in powers of attraction and conquest."
Ethos: Considering that this is a completely personal view, I think Godsey is perfectly entitled to his opinion and credibility must be given. He reports on a first hand experience which provides supports for his claims.
Logos: To support his claim that the image of man has changed, he points out the transition from stars like Clark Gable to Brad Pitt. The difference, was a few more sets of abs, hairless bodies, and chiseled arms.
Pathos: Millions of American men feel insecure, shallowness, and inferiority due to their worry "that their hair is thinning, their breasts are fat, or their penis is too small"
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2 comments:
nice job bryan as ususal. But no really you did a good job and of course you went above and beyond. I liked the quotes you chose because it really gave the reader the idea or concept of the story.
Your description of Pathos is definitely right on the spot! You did great job! Nice quote!
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