Brené Brown’s The Power of Vulnerability, a Ted Talk presented in June of 2010, is a very multifaceted presentation with many different layers of argumentation ripe for analysis. Brown uses her ethos to build rapport on her emotion-based subject. Her credibility relies on her Ph.D. in Social Work, the experiences working in the field she has, as well as her seemingly sage wisdom even she admits was hard to swallow all contribute to the audience’s understanding of her credibility. She creates an extremely convincing pathos through personal stories and experiences, such as admitting her own habits, quirks, and stories that only go to further her point on her ideas of shame, worth, and belonging. Brown continues to even utilize the power of logos
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Her speech is very casual, and this leads to the audience allowing their guards to drop, and are much more easily swayed by the pathos she presents. This strategy is very effective, as it allows for the talk to become a much more intimate and heartfelt dialogue than it would be otherwise. Brené Brown’s The Power of Vulnerability is extraordinarily effective at conveying this message of opening yourself up being the “key to happiness” in a sense, as she even does it herself within the talk to wonderful …show more content…
However, she very intentionally goes on what seems to be an irrelevant tangent at first, but however soon becomes clearly very important. Brown brings up a situation every person can rather easily relate to on different levels, the hypothetical of being told “thirty-seven things you do really awesome, and one thing - an ‘opportunity for growth?’” and explaining how the single piece of constructive criticism occupies your mind much more than the obviously larger praise, and that this applies heavily to those she interviews, saying “when you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak,” “when you ask people about belonging, they’ll tell you their most excruciating experiences of being excluded,” and “when you ask people about connection, the stories they told me were about disconnection” (Brown). This is a powerful moment, as it allows the audience to reflect upon similar situations to the vague premises Brown proposes, and connect more with her speech. The emotional connections made here prompt the audience hangs on her every word as the talk
Her speech is very casual, and this leads to the audience allowing their guards to drop, and are much more easily swayed by the pathos she presents. This strategy is very effective, as it allows for the talk to become a much more intimate and heartfelt dialogue than it would be otherwise. Brené Brown’s The Power of Vulnerability is extraordinarily effective at conveying this message of opening yourself up being the “key to happiness” in a sense, as she even does it herself within the talk to wonderful …show more content…
However, she very intentionally goes on what seems to be an irrelevant tangent at first, but however soon becomes clearly very important. Brown brings up a situation every person can rather easily relate to on different levels, the hypothetical of being told “thirty-seven things you do really awesome, and one thing - an ‘opportunity for growth?’” and explaining how the single piece of constructive criticism occupies your mind much more than the obviously larger praise, and that this applies heavily to those she interviews, saying “when you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak,” “when you ask people about belonging, they’ll tell you their most excruciating experiences of being excluded,” and “when you ask people about connection, the stories they told me were about disconnection” (Brown). This is a powerful moment, as it allows the audience to reflect upon similar situations to the vague premises Brown proposes, and connect more with her speech. The emotional connections made here prompt the audience hangs on her every word as the talk