1. What are the main points the author is making in his piece(at least two)?
In his piece one of the main points that he wants to get across is that all pets don't have a say in the extremes their owners go for them. Second, the article suggests that a pet is worth almost any effort, any cost for most people.
2. How effective is his use of pathos?
The authors use of pathos (emotion) is very strong. He uses imagery to illustrate animals in pain that would trigger the readers emotional core. The author also asks rhetorical questions in order to reinforce the article's major points.
3. How effective is his use of logos?
The authors use of logos (logic) he goes into detail about surgical procedures take. Also chronologically plots the history of veterinarians starting the year 1910.
4.Which is stronger? Why?
Both his pathos and logos are strong as one another, his use of pathos supports his logos and vice versa. For example, the author describes a time when pets and owners had no emotional attachment, and kittens were once put in bags and thrown into a river. When read out loud in our class discussion, one could tell it hit everyones emotional buttons.
5. On what points do you agree with the author? On what points do you disagree with the author?
We agree with the authors point that pets do not have a say in what their owners do for them, because suffering pets don't have a say in whether they want to keep suffering or just be put down. The last sentence in the article was very strong because it reinforces the idea, that since the beginning, the pets never had a say.
"The cats as always, didn't say a word."
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