Final Written Pathetic Appeal

          For my pathetic appeal, I decided to write about the drug violence that is going on in Mexico. Too many innocent lives have been lost in the drug war, and the violence needs to come to an end. I used enargeia to describe places and people who have been affected by the violence. The emotions I want to provoke in the audience include shock, fear, pity, and sadness for these citizens. I later describe how the U.S is just as much the cause of the drug war as the Mexican cartels are. We are a society that wants what we can’t have, i.e. drugs, and will do anything to get what we want. Even if that means putting innocent lives in danger. I want the audience to feel guilt over the fact that our wants are the cause of so many Mexicans' suffering. I did this by making the issue spatially and temporally close to the audience. I hope the guilt will lead the receivers to take my view that the U.S should legalize drugs, specifically marijuana, to minimize drug trafficking. Then the cartels wouldn’t be fighting for drug routes into the U.S and Americans could keep their vices. To read my entire appeal click here. Enjoy!