Rachel Carson's blog "Damn the media" published 26th August was an interesting blog to read.

Generally, it is seen that people want to forget about bad memories like the death of a close family member. However, the writer firnly beleives that the memory of the 9/11 attacks was not altogether a bad one. She tends to look at the positive side of the whole incident.

The central argument in this case is, although the event (9/11) was of great historical significance, just two years down the line, no one cares about it. The author does not waste time with lengthy introductions and gets straight to the point. The event itelf being of such significance and emotions attached to it, at once reminds the reader of how it all happened. Thus the author has at the beginning of the blog established pathos.

She uses a mix of pathos and logos when she reminds the readers of the historical significance of the whole incident and how it is undermined today, just two years down the line. Thus by appealing to the emotions of the readers, she gets the readers involved in her argument. Another way in which she establishes pathos is by her language and style of writing. She writes in an informal, colloqial style with a lot of satire and sarcasm in her statements. She compares the 9/11 incident with those of Pearly Harbor and the death of Princes Diana. She certainly gets the reader;s approval when she says that the magnitude of importance of 9/11 was greater than that of Pearl Harbor because the latter was in time of war and that the attack was on a military establishment; while those of the former were terrorist attacks on civilians in time of peace. She thus uses logos to add credibility to her argument.

The informal style of writing, partly establishes ethos because the readers feel that the author is speaking in a frank and natural tone. This besides the fact that she is a full blooded American and that she has true feelings for the incident helps in establishing ethos. However, one
backdrop of it is that either none of her friends or relatives died in the attack or she did not mention them. This sort of raises a slight doubt in
the readers' mind as to whether she is an authority on the subject.

The author finally ends up saying that she does not care about the networks not doing enough. She says she has video tapes of the incident as well as those which show the patriotism and goodwill that followed between people that followed. She points out to a very small detail of the rally like concert at the yankee stadium; that is a particular line in a song. Thus she establishes that her feelings for the whole incident a whole hearted and not superficial. So, with all the ethos, pathos, logos and language, the author validates her argument. However, the only one question, which comes to the mind of the reader which opposes her argument is -
The families of the victims have done nothing on a large scale and want to keep everything discrete because it may re-open old wounds. So prehaps we should think about them.
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  Hi!
My name is Ankit Hemani. I am a undergraduate student studying at Georgia Tech. I come from Kolkata, India.
Basically, I am a very complicated, shy, inquisitive person.

I say complicated because it turns out from my experience in interacting with people, that there have been more than one instances of me misunderstanding them or taking what they say in a negative way (probably when I'm in a bad mood for the latter reason).

I'm a person who stays in his own shell and doesn't mix freely outside. I do regret this many times but just can't help it. I'm not very good at making friends and just going up to someone to start a conversation.

Inquisitive, maybe probably due to the fact that I don't take things for granted always and don't trust people easily.

Now that I've listed my bad points, I could say something good about myself without feeling guilty! Once I make a friend, I'm very helpful when the need comes and many times go out of the way to help a friend.

Although English is not my first language, its a language which I can best express myself in (not trying to impress you Chuck!). I always have had a sort of "affinity" for the subject when I was in school. I try my best to know more and more about the subject and improve my qualities as a speaker.
Someday, I hope to write a book about my life or even a science fiction thriller.

Among my hobbies are reading, listening to (and sometimes playing) music, playing cards, watching tv, playing on the computer (though there won't be much of that now that I'm here!) and coin-collection(though I don't have a big one, I still try to get some from here and there).

My favourite subjects are Physics, English, Maths and Computers. These were the subjects taught to us in India.

Besides this, I'd just like to add that above everyone and everything, there is God and he's watching every move you make. Don't be afraid of Him because he's always there for you, to help you, but we must have faith in Him and trust Him. God, its said, is everywhere. In all living things, there is God, so we should learn to respect life and respect others just as we want them to respect us. That's probably what the Bible says though I've not read it so I can't say for sure.

So, in everything that you do, remember Him and thank Him for the moment that He has given you.
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