Ethos, Logos, Pathos

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In The Wall Street Journal an article labeled “Egypt Said to Bomb Tourist Bus” written by Tamar El-Ghobashy, Dahlia Kholaif, and Anthony Harrup is about Egyptian security forces bombing Mexican tourists and their tour guides. Egyptian officials believed that the bus they bombed was full of terrorists rather than the tourists that were actually aboard. As a result of the confusion eight tourists and four of their tour guides were killed during the attack. The audience that this tragedy is presented to is any adolescent informing themselves of world events by reading The Wall Street Journal. The author informs the audience about the tragedy that took place in Egypt with the purpose of defending the actions of the Egyptian security forces. The author defends the security forces actions by effectively employing ethos, logos and pathos. Ethos is established through the source of publication and the author’s origin. The source of publication is The Wall Street Journal, which is a source of strong credibility. The authors themselves, Ghobashy and Kholaif, are from Cairo, which is the tourist destination where the victims were attacked. This adds credibility to the authors because knowledge of the place of the incident allows them to better communicate the events that took place in what the audience would describe as a foreign land. This relates back to authors purpose because, as a result of this “homeland” relationship between the authors and the Egyptian authorities the authors have a reason to defend the Egyptian security forces. Logos is established through data given by a tour company representative, the Mexican Foreign Minister, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and information regarding the security force operations. The tour company representative provides data on the survivors of the incident reporting that “…eight Mexican tourists and four Egyptian guides were
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