How Does Lord Chesterfield Convey His Advice To His Son

In the excerpt from a letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son who is traveling away, Lord Chesterfield successfully doles out advice with an underlying persuasive tone. Chesterfield skillfully includes his own values and experiences as a way to connect his son to the advice given.
While Lord Chesterfield uses a variety of tactics in order to persuade his son the first thing he uses is guilt. He sets a tone of guilt in the first couple of sentences as the father explains he loves to write to his son, but he wonders if there is a purpose, and if the son even pay attention. The statements would pull on pathos as the son would feel guilty that his father thinks he doesn’t pay attention to his son. The prominence of guilt also works in these statements because now, the son will pay attention more since Lord Chesterfield has doubt that he normally doesn’t. Chesterfield also uses guilt later in the excerpt as he explains that his son will always do what is right for the sake of knowing what is correct because he raised his son that way.
As a Father he explains he always wants what’s best for his son. This idea pulls of logos because parents normally want what’s best for their children, which makes the excerpt relatable. The love idea also pulls of pathos of the Lord’s son, because the son knows that his father really does love him and is only trying to help. The father also exerts a loving tone by not even trying because he is writing to his and trying to give helpful advice. Through a mixture of logos and pathos the reader and Chesterfield’s son both know that he was a loving