ATTENTION!!! I did catch your attention, so, Thank You For Arguing

Thank you for Arguing presents such an amazing point of view through a persuaders’ eye. I enjoyed the casualness of the book and what I’ve read so far. Pathos, ethos, and logos are presented clearly in the book and I find it really cool how easily an audience can be manipulated by following simple rules in the book. On page 22 in the book, Jay Heinrichs (Author of Thank You For Arguing) gave an example of how to, “Manipulate your lover.”
“You: “Let me pour you some more wine. The music? Oh, just Barry White. Wow, by candlelight you look like a movie star.””
Heinrichs gave the tool of action to get your audience’s attention, change their opinion, and get them to act. I’ve never focused and paid attention enough to realize how easy that is. I find this beneficial to my social life because I don’t just have to apply that to a significant other, but I can use this technique on my little brother. One example in the past was when he asked me to hand him a spoon for his soup. I replied, “It’s over there? Stop being lazy.” He answered back with, “You’re closer, it’s only nice of you to help me get that spoon.” I thought he was being a smart aleck, but he was just using argumentative strategies to counteract my reply!
I actually tried to use pathos, ethos, and logos this afternoon (Feb. 8) to help in my blogging. It was actually hard because I tried it on my girlfriend, and she knows me so it was a little awkward for both of us since I was trying this out. My girlfriend, Chelsey , said, “Hey do you want to cook dinner tonight?” I didn’t want to cook all by myself, so I replied with, “What would you like for dinner tonight? Chicken parmesan or chicken wings?” I was trying to stimulate her emotions so she would think about the food rather than concentrating on getting me to cook dinner. She wanted chicken parmesan because it’s easier to cook. Then I said, “That sounds delicious to me too, do you want to cook together so it will be faster?” Chelsey agreed, and so I had successfully changed what she wanted in the first place into what I wanted! I felt like a champion, seriously. Of course I read over the Thank You For Arguing book at least twice and then skimmed over it to have actually applied it. I was nervous because I didn’t know if it’d work and the hardest part was keeping my character, but overall, success feels like fresh and juicy watermelon.
I found this quote online by Ho Chi Minh in the late 1940’s to the French in which he used logos and ethos to affect his audience. “You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.”-Ho Chi Minh. This was very powerful in the sense that it envisioned the French’s defeat, which applied to ethos. He received their interest and caught their attention with his logos appeal. He used logos to mathematically calculate the statistics and basically say, “No matter how many of my men you kill, you’ll still lose.” It’s a powerful statement in itself to say that to the French. It shows how confident Ho Chi Minh was in winning the French Indochina War.
Thank You For Arguing opened my eyes to a lot of things that I can now practice and to look out for historically, and in present day to day situations. I really like this book!!!!!