In the Atlantic Article “How Doctor’s Take Women’s Pain Less Seriously” by Joe Fassler, Fassler tells a story about his and his wife’s experience in the Emergency Room. He speaks about how his wife had been admitted as a patient and had been quickly dismissed as a nonemergency case upon arrival. This article details how women’s pain is often brushed off in medical situations.
In the article, Fassler speaks of how the doctor had misdiagnosed his wife as a simple kidney stone issue. She had an ovarian cyst that had grown enough to result in massive surgery and caused her extreme pain (Fassler para. 10-11). He continues on to explain how after being brought by ambulance, she had been signed off as a non-emergency case.
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It uses logic and facts to convince the reader to believe in the author’s thesis rather than emotions. “Arguments or lines of reasoning that draw upon or attempt to shape an audience’s beliefs, values, assumptions, or worldviews…” (“Key” pg. 2). Fassler uses logos to his advantage in his story as a way to provide a foundation and factual evidence for his claims. “Nationwide, men wait an average of 49 minutes before receiving an analgesic for acute abdominal pain. Women wait an average of 65 minutes for the same thing. Rachel waited somewhere between 90 minutes and two hours” (Fassler para. 37). This section of his article displays a real statistic that backs up and supports his claim. By doing this, readers are given factual evidence to show that he has knowledge and research supporting his thesis. Like pathos did before through guilt, logos as well uses his example to prove a point. “Example [a practice of logos]: The use of a specific case from which to draw a reasonable conclusion” (“Keys” pg. 2). This technique is used as the foundation of his article, the telling of his story. By presenting his specific case he allows readers to see his point of view. Excluding the pathos and other forms of rhetoric he uses in his example, the mere fact that he has a specific case is …show more content…
1). Ethos is usually seen as titles and pedigree that show the reader that the rhetor has prior knowledge and education in the topic that they are attempting to support. However, in this article, the rhetor has no true educational credibility in regards to the subject. This article displays ethos in a different way. Fassler displays his credibility by telling about his own life experience in the subject. This establishes a sense of trust in the rhetor as it is assumed that because it is his own experience that he is trustworthy in that aspect. As already discussed, he had used logos in the article and by doing so also establishes ethos. By presenting facts he uses invented ethos to show how he had been dedicated enough to his cause to research into
In the article, Fassler speaks of how the doctor had misdiagnosed his wife as a simple kidney stone issue. She had an ovarian cyst that had grown enough to result in massive surgery and caused her extreme pain (Fassler para. 10-11). He continues on to explain how after being brought by ambulance, she had been signed off as a non-emergency case.
Fassler goes on and brings …show more content…
It uses logic and facts to convince the reader to believe in the author’s thesis rather than emotions. “Arguments or lines of reasoning that draw upon or attempt to shape an audience’s beliefs, values, assumptions, or worldviews…” (“Key” pg. 2). Fassler uses logos to his advantage in his story as a way to provide a foundation and factual evidence for his claims. “Nationwide, men wait an average of 49 minutes before receiving an analgesic for acute abdominal pain. Women wait an average of 65 minutes for the same thing. Rachel waited somewhere between 90 minutes and two hours” (Fassler para. 37). This section of his article displays a real statistic that backs up and supports his claim. By doing this, readers are given factual evidence to show that he has knowledge and research supporting his thesis. Like pathos did before through guilt, logos as well uses his example to prove a point. “Example [a practice of logos]: The use of a specific case from which to draw a reasonable conclusion” (“Keys” pg. 2). This technique is used as the foundation of his article, the telling of his story. By presenting his specific case he allows readers to see his point of view. Excluding the pathos and other forms of rhetoric he uses in his example, the mere fact that he has a specific case is …show more content…
1). Ethos is usually seen as titles and pedigree that show the reader that the rhetor has prior knowledge and education in the topic that they are attempting to support. However, in this article, the rhetor has no true educational credibility in regards to the subject. This article displays ethos in a different way. Fassler displays his credibility by telling about his own life experience in the subject. This establishes a sense of trust in the rhetor as it is assumed that because it is his own experience that he is trustworthy in that aspect. As already discussed, he had used logos in the article and by doing so also establishes ethos. By presenting facts he uses invented ethos to show how he had been dedicated enough to his cause to research into