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Why I Am Not Going Back Rhetorical Analysis
Oanh Nguyen
English 1301.302
V.Hodges
Due date: 02/16/2015
Rhetorical Analysis of “Why I Dumbed My iPhone and Why I’m Not Going Back” by Sam Graham-Felsen.
Sam Graham-Felsen, the author of “Why I Dumped My iPhone And Why I Am Not Going Back”, is trying to convince the reader that besides the advantages of the iPhone, there are many disadvantages that affect the iPhone user’s lives. He uses the rhetorical strategies of logos, ethos and pathos to show the reader his point of view. He states, “The iPhone had certainly made my life easier, but had it made my life better?”
Graham-Felsen uses many kinds of methods to create the logos of the essay. He starts the essay by denouncing the iPhone. His strategy is to let the reader know from the beginning how he feels about the iPhone. This technique makes it clear that he no longer thinks that the iPhone is a positive aspect of his life. He says, “On Black Friday in 2009, I said goodbye to my iPhone”. Plus, from the next paragraph and on, he narrates his story about using iPhone. He goes on to say, “In 2007, I was one of those people who obsessively . . . on the first day it came out.” Through the essay, the author used cause and effect to appeal to the audience. For example, in paragraph 5, when his wife asked him why it was so important to …show more content…
In the other words, the whole essay is based on his personal experiences. He also mentions in the essay that “working on Barack Obama’s digital campaign team” to reinforce the value of his technology knowledge. About midway through the essay he used Henry David Thoreau’s statements to prove more about his point of view. “Men have become tools of their tools”, “I wanted to live deep and suck out . . . rout all that was not life . . . .” This allowed him to earn more credit and establish trust with the reader from his experiences and his point of view. These form the ethos of the
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