Technology is advancing to where everyday tasks become simpler with a click of a button. Search engines like Bing, Yahoo, or even Google allow people to instantly find answers that we are looking for on any topic. In Nicholas Carr’s article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid,” he appeals to readers’ emotions to describe personal experiences, uses logic, facts, and analysis backed by research to lure the audience in, and persuades them that the internet causes our brain to be easily distracted and shortens our attention span.
Carr starts off the article by explaining how he feels the internet is affecting how he focuses on tasks, and how “he can no longer be completely immersed in a book.’’ But as a writer, he also finds the internet to be a “godsend.’’ …show more content…
The author uses pathos to make the reader see his views the way that he sees them himself. When he talks about the way he loses focus in a text and that he feels he is “dragging his wayward brain back” this is an example. He uses this to portray how hard the struggle is for him to read, and how he has to “physically’’ bring himself back to do the task. “Once was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now he zips along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski” . This is another example of pathos by using vivid imagery to attract the reader by displaying how he used to be fully immersed in a book but now due to the internet, he just skims the readings. Pathos can be very moving and persuasive and Carr has shown that by relating/appealing to his own and others imagination.
In the article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid’’ , Nicholas Carr uses emotions to try and persuade his audience into believing that the internet is changing the way we think. He uses resources and others to get his point across, while having a positive connection with his reader. The imagination powers of pathos was also used to put the reader in the same perspective
Carr starts off the article by explaining how he feels the internet is affecting how he focuses on tasks, and how “he can no longer be completely immersed in a book.’’ But as a writer, he also finds the internet to be a “godsend.’’ …show more content…
The author uses pathos to make the reader see his views the way that he sees them himself. When he talks about the way he loses focus in a text and that he feels he is “dragging his wayward brain back” this is an example. He uses this to portray how hard the struggle is for him to read, and how he has to “physically’’ bring himself back to do the task. “Once was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now he zips along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski” . This is another example of pathos by using vivid imagery to attract the reader by displaying how he used to be fully immersed in a book but now due to the internet, he just skims the readings. Pathos can be very moving and persuasive and Carr has shown that by relating/appealing to his own and others imagination.
In the article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid’’ , Nicholas Carr uses emotions to try and persuade his audience into believing that the internet is changing the way we think. He uses resources and others to get his point across, while having a positive connection with his reader. The imagination powers of pathos was also used to put the reader in the same perspective