Born On A Blue Day Analysis

New York Times Best Seller, Born on a Blue Day, goes deep into the extraordinary mind of Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant with Asperger’s syndrome who perceives words and numbers as shapes and colors and has to function as a normal human being in order to fit in. Tammet’s purpose is to not only inform the audience of his savant syndrome but show the world that even though he faces autistic based challenges he is still able to everything that others can do, just in his own personal and individualized way. He is trying to open up the minds and lift the opinions of others on these savants and sway how society follows these downgrading stereotypical pathways. His main argument presented in the book is even though someone may think differently and/or handle situations in a different manner doesn't mean anything, people need to realize that there are many ways to solve a problem. He adopts a enlightening yet sympathetic and despairing tone in order to appeal to the emotions of the audience. Tammet then tries to evoke emotion by appealing strongly to pathos by tracing his eventful childhood to his future success as an adult. A recurring theme throughout the book was the significance of numbers that he often uses to communicate through and to maintain a calm state. Since Tammet’s brain is unlike any others, the power of the human brain is very deeply …show more content…
Tammet uses an appeal to pathos and an overly sentimental appeal to provoke emotion and guilt for the readers to enhance this argument. He also uses the recurring theme of significance of numbers to support his argument and help us understand the power of the human brain. Daniel uses an enlightening yet sympathetic and despairing tone in order to further improve these strategies and narrate his