The reading I chose to talk about was the chapter, which talked about pathos. By definition, pathos is the part of an argument that evokes emotion, in other words, it is the part that makes you feel a certain way. Ethos, pathos, logos, and even kairos are important to all use when making any type of statement, but pathos is the easiest to work with. Pathos applies to everything in life as cliché as it may sound, it is actually true. Most books that you read for pleasure appeal to at least one emotion. My favorite book at the moment is called The Happiness Project, which is essentially a journal that is kept by a woman over a period of 1 year. For each month she has goals to work on one area of her life that she feels she can make herself happier in. For example, the month of February was dedicated to working on her marriage, and she bought books to help strengthen her marriage. She did a lot of research for about 6 months before writing her book as well. In different parts of the book, pathos becomes apparent because the low points in her year appeal to your emotions. To be more specific, there is a part in the book where she is working on her marriage and she breaks one of her own rules and snaps at her husband. You tend to feel bad for her because she is trying really hard to meet all of her goals, but she is only human. Throughout the book the same thing occurs whether it is working on her parenting, or coming to the realization that she cannot do everything. There is a great part in the book, which gave me a great realization for my own life where she talks about how everyone can try the same hobbies, but not everyone will have the same hobbies. In other words, try as many hobbies as you can, but yours will differ from others, and that is what makes you unique from other people.
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