After reading Cynthia’s response, I realized we had very similar viewpoints. She describes Eliot Ackerman’s article by saying that he uses pathos to draw on people’s emotions. The example used was Ackerman explaining how he could not imagine a future generation disinterring his grave or his friend’s graves. It was a great example to tie back to how Ackerman uses pathos to draw on the emotions of his audience. However, personally, I responded to this article by stating how he used a Rogerian perspective in his article by starting with the other side’s view on the article but later tying on the heartstrings of his audience to persuade them to his side.
A newly graduated student takes a selfie of himself, grinning from ear to ear. All is right in the world. However, the long scaly body of a snake representing student debt wraps around him up to the neck, prowling overhead. He tries to ignore it as best as he can, even as the debt slowly constricts around him.
The image clearly depicts the illusive nature of student debt by depicting the snake as a restraint wrapped around a student’s future. As shown in the cartoon, the graduate tries to be oblivious to the debt that threatens to strangle his dreams. The graduate is smiling even when the snake’s tail rests atop his cap.
Evidence of this is shown by the graduate visibly flinching with the snake wrapped around him, yet he keeps his eyes closed during the selfie.
http://blogs.longwood.edu/visualswithjones/files/2015/09/graddebt1.jpg
