Adichie's Use Of Ethos Pathos Logos

Finally, Adichie uses logos to add power to her message in a way that is quite appealing: she supports the claims of her thesis with eloquent language and poignant examples. She continuous use situations that are of national debate, notable books like Updike, Tyler, Steinbeck Gaitskell and John Locke. In addition, mentioning well-known artists, such as Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, and Bob Marley to tell her story that others can identify with and adding her own experience and failure in stereotyping to further connect with the audience. Essentially, she analyzed her own self to show that she is subject to this behavior as well. She emphasizes that we must start with positive stories of a person to get a clearer picture of their story. Adichie remarks, “Stories matter.
Stories been has used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity” (Adichie, 17:35). The reader loved how confident adichie is during her speech and finds it very elegant how she presented her concerns without showing favoritism. This speaks values about someone’s characteristics about having pride of wanting better for their self and everybody around, it is about lift each up to build a better future. This is what drew the reader closer to Adichie. What she hopes to follow are the first signs of crumbing of clichés and stereotypes, something that is long overdue, but never too late a process to begin (Chimamanda