The Achievement Habit Ethos Pathos Logos

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Chapter one of Bernard Roth’s “The Achievement Habit” focuses on the idea that things only have meaning if you give it to them. Roth is a professor of engineering at Stanford University. His book was written to assist college students Roth successfully uses the sections of Aristotle’s Triangle, ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade the reader that nothing in life has meaning except what someone assigns to it.
Ethos as defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary is the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution. This simply means that the author portrays himself or comes across as someone who is knowledgably and trust worthy. Roth is a very experienced teacher and that fact is very clear in his righting. When he informs the audience with the information he is trying to pass on, he does so in an equal balance of fact and storytelling. Het sets up his main points, such as, “Success is doing what you love and being happy about it.” (Roth 14) with facts as to why this is true and examples from his own life to …show more content…
The author tells his stories in a manner that makes it easy for readers to connect with that story. The section titled “My Daughter Has No Meaning” Tell about how hard and freeing it can be to release the ties people pout upon themselves. It is an emotionally compelling tale that covers a spectrum of ideas that makes it easy to relate to without corrupting the point Roth is getting across. “People are always changing and evolving for both good and bad, and we are all capable of reinvention” (Roth 15). The section he does on betrayal also effects the reader strongly, due to the fact that betrayal is fairly common and tends to leave a strong emotional impact. “I was hurt and angry that they had betrayed me and violated our friendship.” (Roth 18) Roth does this section particularly well by continuing into the acceptance after the initial
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