The author in “Why Literature Matters” is saying that recently people have stopped literature. And the author states this in paragraph two. Also the author in order to backup her claim uses a lot of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
In the first half of “Why Literature Matters” the author uses logos to support her claim that people have stopped reading literature. Like when she says “According to the 2002 survey of public participation for the arts.” She got facts from them to help make her argument stronger. But she also uses Pathos to show how passionate she is about the subject. She says “emotional development bypass the joys and challenges of literature. She adds this to help show the reader the positives of reading literature and how it helps.
In the first half of “Why Literature Matters” the author uses logos to support her claim that people have stopped reading literature. Like when she says “According to the 2002 survey of public participation for the arts.” She got facts from them to help make her argument stronger. But she also uses Pathos to show how passionate she is about the subject. She says “emotional development bypass the joys and challenges of literature. She adds this to help show the reader the positives of reading literature and how it helps.