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| Isabel Allende |
The purpose of her talk to to inspire others to not fear the process of aging, but instead thrive in it through living passionately. To achieve her purpose she gives herself credibility. She does this by starting the talk by announcing her age, 71. What she talks about concerning aging would not be trusted coming from someone who has only aged 17 years. The logical side of her argument is very strong as well. She uses words like "inevitable" and "everyone" to show how this aging thing she is referring to will happen no matter what, it is purely a fact. This strengthens her argument by recognizing the reality of her topic while also connecting it to every single person.
The strongest part of her argument is her emotional appeal. Because everyone has or will experience aging, she can create a story that everyone can relate to. She uses a lot of humor, usually at herself, to point out the "horrors" of aging. An example is when she talked about the changes she has experienced with her body. She also has more serious emotional points that strengthens her connection with the audience. An example would be when she shares her story of losing her independence as a person and how frightening that is for her.
I chose to watch this Ted Talk because I am a very passionate person when it comes to specific things. Sometimes this is a strength of mine and other times it can be a weakness. I wanted to hear from someone, who has experienced a lot more life than me, how they managed to age and remain happy through passion. The whole talk was essentially about finding yourself and accepting yourself through passionate living.
Great post! I love how you connected the TED talk to ethos and pathos. It was key that you mentioned how the speaker began her talk by acknowledging her age. I agree with you, this provides a lot of credibility for the speaker and allows the audience to believe what she tells about aging and living with passion is important. Also, I love how you dissected the diction used in the talk. Language is a key element of a convincing argument, so it is important you analyzed the word choice. Nice job providing a great connection between living passionately and how a speaker conveys this topic.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting post! I really liked how you included the methods the speaker used to convey her message to the audience, but also gave a good description about what the presentations covered. I have always dreaded getting old, and it was cool to read about how someone accepts and enjoys their age.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job! I did the same TED talk so it was really interesting to read your analysis and see how comparable it is to mine! I think we wrote about a lot of the same things. I said her emotional appeal was the strongest as well because she talks about how it will happen to everybody. I also talked about when death comes to your neighborhood analogy. I loved reading your post and I think that living passionately is such a beautiful thing and I work on being passionate every day! Good job!
ReplyDeleteI like this video as well. She tells a message that I, as well as many others, try to live by but find it hard to do sometimes. You do a great job at pointing out why her story telling is effective. I think she was very personable and able to connect with the audience. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you chose this one, and I think that this hits home to a lot of women because women tend to feel like they have to be perfect in society. On how you connected this through her body changing, I think that was a good point to bring up because it is a very personal subject for so many people, which really speaks to the emotional side. I agree with pretty much everything that you mentioned, and you brought up some points that I wouldn't have even thought about. However, do you think she is a little biased being a woman? What do you think would be different if it was a male talking on the subject?
ReplyDeleteA lot of people chose this talk, so I like comparing the analysis (like Christy's!). There's a great book by Nora Ephron titled _I Feel Bad About My Neck_- she presents age/aging in a comical way, and does sort of come to terms with in the same way Allende does.
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