In this cartoon a mother is trying to broaden her son’s skills by getting him to read a book instead of texting his friends. Since she realizes books are vastly different in length, she tries to appeal to his interest by getting him to think of it as an ongoing text message.
This picture illustrates pathos and logos.
The caption is logos because it is saying that there are going to be times where we have to do tasks that we don’t enjoy, but in order to get through them, we should try to relate it to something we actually enjoy doing.
Pathos is also shown in this cartoon. There are a lot of people that do not read books because they feel it’s boring. This is also illustrated in the cartoon as the look on the boy’s face as he takes the book shows he is not looking forward to reading it.
I can fully relate to this cartoon because I definitely text more than I read books. Sometimes I feel I just don’t have the attention span to stay focused long enough to read them. It’s rare for me to pick up a book and read it for entertainment; what gets me to read books the most are my assignments for school.
Carpenter, D. (n.d.) Retrieved December 6, 2011 from http://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoonview.asp?search=site&catref=dcr0773&MA_Category=&ANDkeyword=texting&ORkeyword=&TITLEkeyword=&NEGATIVEkeyword=
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