The Education Of Dasmine Cathy Analysis

The Education of Dasmine Cathey is an intimate narrative of a Memphis born man who suffered through the struggles of illiteracy while attending the University of Memphis and playing football. The story of Cathey sheds light on the educational shortcomings of NCAA athletes and how the Tennessee department of education has failed him. This article is extremely candid and moving by forcing the audience to emphasize with Cathey’s difficult situation. The author (Wolverton) appeals to the readers emotions, questions the educational system, and applies logos to compel you to sympathize for Dasmine Cathy and to see how NCAA athletes are failed.
Wolverton begins the article by appealing to pathos or the emotions of the audience. Dasmine Cathey is a
On page 122 in Writing Memphis, the author includes Cathey’s grade point averages to show how his academic path has been every bit of up and down. “2.0, 1.5, 2.3, 2.8, 1.5, 2.1, 1.4, 2.5, 2.8, 1.3, 2.0, 2.9, 0.5, 0.8.”. The author makes the audience consider how much better his grades would have been, and how much more he would have cared if he has learned to read properly in the first place. How is it someone can graduate high school being semiliterate? How could the state allow it and allow him to slip through the cracks? Wolverton wants this all to brew in your brain and for the reader to come to the understanding that is was because he was an
“ he decided to put football on hold— for real this time— while dedicating himself to his classes”. Wolverton’s goal here is to make the audience feel for Cathey’s situation and prove that his lack of learning properly due to his schooling can no longer be overlooked by his athletic career. Dasmine Cathey must now focus on his education and try to bring his grades out of the ruins and pass. In order to even graduate college, football had to be put on hold in order to pass. The author is reasoning with the audience showing us just how difficult of a decision this was for Cathey and how it is a result as a lack of others care for his education The authors purpose in The Education of Dasmine Cathey is to convince the audience how greatly the Tennessee department of education failed him through the use of pathos, appealing to the audiences emotions with a moving story, and applying reason or logos to show how NCAA athletes are failed. Wolverton’s argument was not overt and jumping off the page but it was extremely compelling, and makes everyone who reads it feel