Serial Killer Logos

Reading the article “The Traits and Thrill of a Serial Killer” by Urmosne Gabriella Simon was very eye catching and thought out. The author describes how killers develop, how they act, and ways they kill. The reason the article was eye catching was because of its great use of logos, ethos, and pathos. The author was able to use logos by using real serial killers, ethos by providing sources, and pathos by putting information that made readers feel bad and understand killers. The article explained the three main ideas such as how killers develop, how they act, and ways killers kill. Simon describes that killers become who they are because of mental illnesses or because of the environment they grew up in. According to the author, serial killers could have grown up in an abusive home, been isolated as a child, or bullied in school. The killer could also have an illness and psychopathy or sociopathy …show more content…
Simon talks about Dr. Henry Holmes as the first serial killer in the United States. Next s/he talks about Jack the Ripper, s/he uses Jack as an example to back up his evidence on a “mission-oriented killer”(5), those killers want to rid the world of people they think need to go just like how Jack the Ripper wanted to rid the world of prostitutes. Simon then describes John Wayne Gacy Jr as a killer that hid very well by having a family and doing charity work to make it seem like is not a killer. He uses John Wayne Gacy Jr as an example to back up his facts about how serial killer will get a fake family and do kind acts for the community to keep them for getting caught. Finally, Theodore Bundy is described to back up his evidence about anger growing up. Theodore Bundy had a tough childhood that caused him to get angry and kill at least thirty young girls. To conclude, the background of these serial killer back up Simon’s article well by providing real life evidence of the facts provided