Analysis Of Bernard Roth's The Achievement Habit

According to Bernard Roth, the author of The Achievement Habit, reasons are just excuses used when something doesn 't have high significance in life. Roth has been a professor at Stanford University for 52 years. He wrote this book to help individuals, especially college-level students achieve their goals and to help them live a more satisfying life. Roth uses ethos, pathos, and logos very effectively to validate his writing and better appeal to his audience. Ethos is used throughout the chapter in order to validate the ethics of Roth. He uses words that show his intelligence, and he uses different methods in order to gain the trust of the reader. When he talks about workshops he has led at Stanford University (Roth 42), it shows his authority, …show more content…
For example, he asks the question “Who 's Really Stopping You?” (Roth 56). He then talks about goals and why people tend to fall short of achieving them. This pertains to all readers because many people do not achieve all the goals that they want to. Roth tells a story about his own life when him, and his wife were traveling to India. They changed their departure date over the phone but when they arrived at the airport, the guard stopped them from entering because their tickets said their flight was for the following day. For a while, they argued with the guard, but he would not let them through. Finally, Roth took initiative and walked right past the guard. The guard didn 't try to stop them, he didn 't even say anything; this relates to everyday life. Often people think there is an outside force stopping them from doing what they want to do (Roth 59). When in reality, it is their own selves holding them back. Roth relates to the readers which is very effective when trying to get a point across. When the author and reader agree on the text, it develops relationships. Not only can the reader learn from him, but they can also trust in what he is saying, because everyone goes through the same types of