Analysis Of Of Pain, Predators, And Pleasure By Walter Isaacs

The article “Of Pain, Predators, and Pleasure” was written by Walter Isaacs and published in “Essay Essentials with Readings” in 2014. In this article is saying that fly fishing is one of the good leisure. Walter Isaacs said, fly fishing is fine, although it is so cruel to fishes. He argued that three reasons for why fly fishing is still good. The first point is that he enjoys the fly fishing as his hobby even if it is like torture to fishes. Secondly, he believed that he is better than other predator. The last point is that he is balancing the ecosystem by catching the fish (Isaacs, 2014). However, the article is ineffective because of Isaacs’ use of pathos, logical fallacies, and informal tone.
First, Isaacs uses pathos which is ineffective. He did not use the pathos appropriately. The first point is that Isaacs did not use pathos properly. He argues that one of the reasons for fly fishing is that it is delight to torture fish (Isaacs, 2014, para2). He did not mention without any specific ground. Without an accurate basis for the claim, people cannot sympathize with him. The second point was that people could not sympathize with Isaac's argument. According to Isaacs, “Just as I enjoy laughter, anchovies on pizza, warm fall days, sex, a Bach concerto,
He uses many of informal tone in an essay. According to Isaacs, “I do everything that I can to minimize the pain and stress on any fish I catch” (Isaacs, 2014, para2). When he argued statement, he used mainly I and can, which lowers the objectivity of the writing. It leads the reader may not consider his ideas seriously. Furthermore, Isaacs should use formal expression to gain persuasive power from the reader. However, he used “heck” which is an informal word (Isaacs, 2014, para6). Isaacs writes slang in an essay. It leads the credibility of the writing is reducing, because readers take seriously the writer's claims or writings from the third party's point of