Friday Night Lights Rhetorical Analysis

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In the novel Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger creates a rhetorical appeal to pathos in order to persuade the audience to realize and avoid the negative effects of school sports. Pathos is a writing technique that centers around the reader's emotions in order to create an appeal to an argument. Firstly, vivid descriptions of the pressure bystanders feel to please these athletes (desegregation/stupidity of players)creates a feeling indignation for the poor individuals. Secondly the use of figurative language further demonstrates how advance the negative repercussions of football(metaphors on how hard football is). The use of personal testimonies.
The pressure of the football program overlaps the necessity of basic education the players must