I have decided to analyses his chapter “Acts of God” in relations to ethos, pathos and logos. Reece’s purpose of this chapter is to show the hardships of the people affected directly by mountain top removal, as well as how the companies that fund this method react and undermine their arguments to receive justice. It also explains how strong religious beliefs help drive the community to seek a change, or an impedance. However, this change is not in this life time. They practice acceptance and submission, and hope for compensation in another life.
The title, “Acts of God” helps the reader get a feel for the upcoming chapter. It is what it sounds like, that people can and do try to argue that this is an act of God, but as said, “’It’s improper to drag the Bible into this debate… but perhaps the strongest part- and Steve Peake gives regular tours to groups who want to understand the destruction.” (115) “Acts of God” give an emotional connection for some to the material in this chapter, he uses a great deal of pathos in this. Pathos is very recurrent in the chapter. …show more content…
He is mindful not to include too much pathos which could make his point not taken as well, but enough to draw in the reader with a real emotional connection. An example of this is, “The Story of Peake’s community is the same one you hear all across the coalfields. An outside corporation comes in and hires few, if any, local people, extract the minerals, then leaves the community with acid streams, flooding, cracked foundations, and bald hillsides.” (page 116) People in society are very homey, and have an immense amount of pride for their town, their state and their nation. None the less this is rooted from community pride, so the idea of an outside company coming in to maybe generate jobs for the locals, just to destroy their environment, endanger the community and just disappear, would enrage any
The title, “Acts of God” helps the reader get a feel for the upcoming chapter. It is what it sounds like, that people can and do try to argue that this is an act of God, but as said, “’It’s improper to drag the Bible into this debate… but perhaps the strongest part- and Steve Peake gives regular tours to groups who want to understand the destruction.” (115) “Acts of God” give an emotional connection for some to the material in this chapter, he uses a great deal of pathos in this. Pathos is very recurrent in the chapter. …show more content…
He is mindful not to include too much pathos which could make his point not taken as well, but enough to draw in the reader with a real emotional connection. An example of this is, “The Story of Peake’s community is the same one you hear all across the coalfields. An outside corporation comes in and hires few, if any, local people, extract the minerals, then leaves the community with acid streams, flooding, cracked foundations, and bald hillsides.” (page 116) People in society are very homey, and have an immense amount of pride for their town, their state and their nation. None the less this is rooted from community pride, so the idea of an outside company coming in to maybe generate jobs for the locals, just to destroy their environment, endanger the community and just disappear, would enrage any