Rhetorical Analysis Of Just Mercy

The author of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, is clever because his introduction did its job well in informing readers that the judicial system in America needs to be reformed. He did this by using variety of different persuasive writing tools. Stevenson used three of the many persuasive tools; these tools were pathos, ethos, and logos. These were his secret to convincing the readers to be on his side of the argument. The use of pathos was presented through a story of a prisoner who was on death row, Henry; it was used to draw the readers in emotionally. This technique served him well because the readers could relate to the feelings the prisoner was going through. Henry did not see anyone other than Bryan, prison guards, and other prisoner who were on capital punishment like him. …show more content…
He has the work to show that he knows what he is talking about when make this argument about the court system in America. Logos was also used significantly to provide the facts and statistics on this topic. The author had some statistics in the introduction that were mind boggling. He reminded the readers about the increases in crime and their effects on society. The tone established by the author was critical and informative. The author’s strength was him incorporating the three different types of persuasive writing tools. Another strength the author had was that he started the chapter with his own story, so the readers can connect with him and have a better understanding from where he is coming from with this argument. Even though the chapter was strong, it had some flaws that could have been avoided. One of his weaknesses was that he only used one personal story of a prisoner for the readers to understand the situation. He should have included more anecdotes to show the different situations people are in because of the government being careless. One more weakness was that there was not an opposing viewpoint in this