Essay On Lorde And Her Appeal

This story is a very moving piece of writing. The author adds in her own personal experience which will appeal more to the readers. Not only does she added her own life story but she uses great examples of logic emotion and establishing her credibility. In her writing she urges those of us who tend to be taciturn to share our important truths with others now, because we are all in this existence for a finite period of time (Lorde, 43). This example is a strong appeal to the readers logic. People always think it will never happen to them, or they will have plenty of time. The unfortunate news that people find so hard to face is that it can happen to you at any time and any place, that is why people need to take advantage of their opportunities. Lorde has been cursed with a disease no one deserves but she did not let it defeat her. Instead, she let it humble her. When she found the news of her tumor it opened her eyes and showed her time is precious as well as the opportunities that come with it. She states, “I do not know about you, but there have been times when I wanted to say something, and for whatever reason talked myself out of it, because the last time I spoke up someone implied I did have enough understanding of the subject of which I was …show more content…
Lorde doesn't want people to lose this ability because she feels that it is a key to breaking the silence and to speak your mind because you never know when your time will be up. She believes one of most pervasive fears that people have is speaking in public. There are nervous reasons why one may not posses the strength to speak their mind. It could be that we need to hear our own individual voices out loud in order to remember who we are. To gain strength perhaps the speaking of truths by one person might encourage others to speak their truths as