Summary Of Saplings In The Storm By Mary Pipher

In Mary Pipher’s, analysis, “Saplings in the Storm.” Pipher argues that something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence that makes them more deferential, self-critical, and depressed. She claims that in the dramatic event that happens in a girl’s early adolescence causes them to “crash and burn” in a social and developmental Bermuda Triangle. She develops this claim by first analyzing psychology documents. Then explain how girls are shown in early adolescence in well known pieces of work by Shakespeare. Finally Pipher interviews various girls in their early adolescence. Pipher’s purpose is to examine the reason for the change in behavior in order to understand why girls at an early adolescence feel depressed. She establishes worried tone for many of her female clients during their early adolescence. This work is significant because it addresses a leading problem that girls go through their early adolescence. …show more content…
Some example of logos that Pipher used is when she refers to how the IQ scores drop as well as the math and science scores of the girls plummet. This example supports the claim that is made by the author in the way that it addresses the facts that illustrate how the dramatic change in a girl’s early adolescence causes them problems not only mentally, but also in the amount of work they put into their academic records. Logos not only helps strengthen Pipher’s argument, but it also alludes to any other problems that may occur during the dramatic change in early adolescence girls go though. Another way Pipher uses logos to her advantage is by using the interview she gave to her clients that were at the certain age where the change was more likely to occur or has occurred, to state how many of the girls reported great