Due to the nature of my paper being all about feelings (or in this case, a lack thereof), an appeal to emotions. This pathos seems to be the logical approach to most arguments concerning death, and especially our reactions to it. It should be particularly compelling to college students, who always seem to be the ones who take opinionated stances on moral issues such as this. Because they usually care about these issues, the ideal approach would be to try and get them fired up about it.
Sadly, pathos is a style that goes against my general writing habits. My writing tends to be dry, and I do my best to appeal to reason using my admittedly limited rhetorical abilities. As such, my writing will still have a strong stance in the use of logos. This is mostly to prevent me from changing my writing style too radically. Truthfully, it will probably help my argument. As I'm not taking much of a stance to get people fired up about, pathos can only go so far. Because my only point is to get the situation realized, logos will be able to have more of a role than if I tried to get people to take up my side.
Admittedly, my view of college students is a bit biased, so they might not be the emotional ethics-lovers that I make them out to be. As such, an argument relying too much on pathos would most likely be ineffective, as college students also love logic and reason. As Commonplace stated, the best method is indeed a mixture of the different ways to compel people.
Although your topic is a pathos center topic, including logos is a great idea. And according to you, it will come easy. Including both, as you stated, will, more than likely, draw in readers with different interests. I think your readers however, will still walk away with an emotional sense to the topic due to its emotional nature.
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