A loud crash roars across the city. The people look toward the sky as a cloud of smoke and fire engulfs the building above. About twenty minutes later, another disorientating crash happens, but this time to the tower next to the first. White smoke, debris, and human bodies start failing from the sky. What started out as a normal Tuesday morning turned into a day that will be remembered in every American’s heart, and that date is September 11th, 2001. On October 1st, 2001, Johnathan Schell uses the past month’s event of 9/11 to heighten his talk about nuclear warfare. This article, “A Hole in the World”, was published in The Nation shortly after, so he uses that emotion and logic to persuade Americans to change their fear into action and to
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It paints a picture of the New York skyline to make remind Americans of the horrific pictures of the previous month come back to life stating, “The heavens were raining human beings” (379). This illustrates people’s fresh fear and concern about the uncertain future that laid ahead. He later points out that “No one had identified the civilian airline as a weapon of mass destruction,” because it shows that all this technology and “safety” is our double-edged sword; the fact that terrorists are not carrying stereotypical weapons, but turning items in everyday lives against the people (380). He even ends the essay with the same 9/11 heartache as he started by stating “It would be disrespectful to the dead to in any way minimize the catastrophe that has overtaken New York,” to encourage that fear to be put toward justice and coming together to protect the United States (382). This method is effective because it’s stirring up those emotions of fear, horror, disgust and uncertainty helps awaken the reader to Schell’s point of nuclear warfare is possible and realistic if the people of the world do not take action and feel more motivated to fight for justice and make a change in the world. Together pathos and logos help raise concern for the actions that have taken place, but nobody paid attention to. They build off and complement each other very nicely; their effectiveness comes from the way people respond to them. If there was too much emotions and too little logos, the reasons would not make a point, but they have a strong balance that cannot be
It paints a picture of the New York skyline to make remind Americans of the horrific pictures of the previous month come back to life stating, “The heavens were raining human beings” (379). This illustrates people’s fresh fear and concern about the uncertain future that laid ahead. He later points out that “No one had identified the civilian airline as a weapon of mass destruction,” because it shows that all this technology and “safety” is our double-edged sword; the fact that terrorists are not carrying stereotypical weapons, but turning items in everyday lives against the people (380). He even ends the essay with the same 9/11 heartache as he started by stating “It would be disrespectful to the dead to in any way minimize the catastrophe that has overtaken New York,” to encourage that fear to be put toward justice and coming together to protect the United States (382). This method is effective because it’s stirring up those emotions of fear, horror, disgust and uncertainty helps awaken the reader to Schell’s point of nuclear warfare is possible and realistic if the people of the world do not take action and feel more motivated to fight for justice and make a change in the world. Together pathos and logos help raise concern for the actions that have taken place, but nobody paid attention to. They build off and complement each other very nicely; their effectiveness comes from the way people respond to them. If there was too much emotions and too little logos, the reasons would not make a point, but they have a strong balance that cannot be