In response to Chinaza´s discussion post.
Chinaza focused on the use of ethos throughout Amy Tan´s writing in Mother Tongue. Even though Tan is speaking on her struggles of growing up in a family who spoke broken English, she followed her want to write and became a very successful author. This gives Tan credibility in this article and allows for the audience to connect with herself. Amy Tan seems to always know her audience well, in her book The Joy Luck Club, Tan´s initial writing was very cold and eloquent. She realized that this book was a collection of maternal stories, so she revised the writing style with inspiration from her own mother. Though I did touch on credibility in my discussion post, I focused more so on the pathos aspect of Tan´s writing. Getting the audience to connect and (possibly) see themselves in Amy Tan´s article, many people will be able to relate to the situation of growing up in a household that´s preferred language is not English while living in a predominately English area. I believe Chinaza does an excellent job answering the prompt of the discussion post and explaining the rhetoric used in Amy Tan´s Mother Tongue.