Rolling Stone writer David S. Cohen explores the lawsuit of Donald Zarda against a sky diving company that he worked for before being fired due to his sexual orientation. Cohen carefully analyzes the claims of Donald Zarda, appealing to ethos because Donald is a gay man himself. Logos is also appealed to as well due to the logical ways the law Title VII of the Civil Right Act in 1964 is interpreted in the court due to this case. The court has an ongoing debate on how this law should be interpreted to protect LGBT employees. Cohen uses a simple syntax in this article, giving an easy understanding of a complicated subject to the readers. His tone is very straightforward and stern, stating the process of the debate in courts. The author appeals to pathos by creating shock and intimidation by sharing that the federal law does not directly protect LGBT employees, so many states have to produce their own in order to establish this road to more LGBT rights, also sharing that some states do not take this LGBT issue into account. Overall, the purpose of this article is to share the ongoing debate on whether the federal law should be interpreted to protect the labor rights of the LGBT community.
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Tessa Stuart of Rolling Stone interviews the democrat taking on the opposition party's rebuttal to the State of Union. Joe Kennedy happens to be the grandson of congressman Robert F. Kennedy, and grand-nephew of John F. Kennedy. The author in this article uses mostly ethos and pathos to express the nerves the congressman would have to go through to go after Trump's policies. Stuart directly asks Kennedy about his hostile opinions towards people of other nationalities, such as Haitians, who he claims "all have aids". Kennedy expresses his opinion uses simple, yet powerful and straightforward syntax, calling Trump's claims "outrageous, hurtful, ignorant...". Tessa continues to ask him specific questions about his ideas and opinions, which appeals to logos, since the interviewee has openly spoken to the public about his decisions on things such as the legalization of marijuana, which he strongly opposes. The purpose of this article was to introduce the public to the democrat who would be opposing republican president Trump's ideas and regulations. The article is made to inform the public on Kennedy's basic opinions on several political debates.
This Rolling Stone article pushes forward the recent dilemma in where women are finally coming forward and speaking out about the powerful men who have sexually abused them. Writer David S. Cohen explains that is an especially big deal when it comes to the United States, since people are actually listening to these women now. Cohen uses a serious tone to get his point of the article across. The purpose of this article was to show people that Donald Trump, the president, should also be put under this new spotlight, the spotlight of sexual harassers. Cohen wants people to believe that the president isn't exempt of facing these consequences and accusations, especially since he has "boasted" about forcing himself onto women. The tone of this article is set by words like "allegedly" and "accountable", demonstrating the seriousness of the article and the situation being explained. The author has appealed to mostly ethos, as he uses accounts of women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct, and of alleged sexual abusers. He successfully gets his point across in this article.This article shines light on the silhouettes of mass shootings such as the recent Las Vegas shooting, which was the most severe of mass shootings in U.S. history. Those silhouettes are survivors. Writer S.E. Smith uses a straightforward tone to express the severity and importance of this topic. Words such as "inevitably", "chronic", and "trauma". He uses this tone to explain how the public often forgets how the survivors of these shootings will be able to cope with physical and mental disabilities and scars. The author appeals to ethos by giving snippets of interviews of actual survivors of mass shootings, such as the Tulscon shooting and Virginia Tech shooting. Smith also appeals to pathos by including sad experiences of the survivors that will help convey and give a further understanding of the purpose of the passage. The purpose of the passage was to shine light on the importance of the recovery of the survivors of these mass shootings and to push forward how these events impacted the victims' lives. The wording in this article highlights its serious and sincere tone of the author.Inside this Rolling Stone article, writer Brittany Spanos expresses excitement over the process of setting up a solo tour for widely known act, Harry Styles. Spanos uses words such as "snazzy", "passionate", and "perfectly" to highlight the excited tone that she wants to give off to the audience. Her level of emotional attachment to this piece is present, but not very huge as the article is not very opinion based, but observation and interview based. The author appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in this piece since she interviews Tom Hull, music director and producer, he is a credible source who explains what the process was for the tour. Spanos used comedic and enthusiastic wording in her piece along with including the emotion of the band during the process: "For the Los Angeles show, the band feels even stronger and more focused." (Paragraph 16). The purpose of this article was to put out the dramatic changes that had to be made in order to put on a successful kick off for Harry Styles' first solo tour.
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