Rhetorical Analysis Of An Experiment In Empathy

In the world today there is police brutality, gang violence, and gun violence. People react to violence differently, some want to use guns as a way of protection while others hate guns and think that they are the problem with society. In the article “An Experiment in Empathy” by Lisa Miller the purpose of writing this article was to bring forth a very difficult topic, whether guns should be used or not. The people in the article talk about their personal experiences they have had with guns to help explain why they feel guns should or should not be allowed. Through different techniques Miller does an amazing job of telling both sides of the arguments.
Miller writes about the loss of family members, being stalked, and stalked due to being handicapped. She makes you really understand what the victims of these crimes were truly feeling. Miller uses pathos to really get to …show more content…
For example, if the reader is against gun control Miller uses a person in the story to try and convince the reader that guns are tolerable. If the reader is totally for guns then Miller writes the story that tells why the victim does not like guns. The activity that helped this argument was the group of victims are paired up pro-guns and anti-guns, they listen to each other’s stories, then each person tells their partners story in first person. By doing this it makes not only the victims grow closer, but it also makes the reader grow closer to the victims also. It’s very easy to defend one side of a story and talk about why the other option is wrong. It is difficult to try to explain why both arguments are correct. Miller does an outstanding job on trying to bring both arguments together to an understanding of the other parties feelings towards a subject. By using proposal argument the reader gets that understanding that by listening to the victims reasons then you get the full