Ernest Owens’ Prowess on Obama’s View of Cancel Culture

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Owen’s Rhetorical Prowess: A Response to Obama’s Very Boomer View
Introduction
Ernest Owens’ scrutiny on Obama’s very boomer view of cancel culture is a text well-structured and purposeful, put to appeal to the intended audience. Mr. Owens is a journalist. He articulates his opinions about former President Barack Obama’s criticism concerning the “cancel culture.” The text revolves around Obama’s remarks at a Tuesday Obama Foundation event. Mr. Obama criticized young individuals for attacking issues and people on social media platforms. Mr. Obama terms the criticism as casting stones and being judgmental; thus, it is not worthy for the doing of the millennials and Gen-Zers. This rhetorical analysis argues that Mr. Owen’s career as a journalist creates a robust sense of ethos that helps him articulate his claims and effectively support them to develop pathos and logos appeal that captivates the minds of any rhetoric scholar interacting with it.
Appeal to Ethos
Owen’s text exhibits a great sense of both situated and invented ethos that appeals to the audience throughout the piece. By being a journalist, situated ethos is highly showcased. The journalism career is more associated with knowing contemporary issues in society. The mere fact of being a journalist gives Owen the authority to talk about the subject matter of social media activism and thus appeal to his audience. A rhetoric scholar can evaluate the power inherent in the journalism career of Mr. Owen and get to concur, thanks to the appealing nature of the authority. Owen also assumes situated ethos by exhibiting practical communication skills to appeal to his audience. Owen has a good command of grammar, and he effectively articulates his views in connection to the subject matter. This effective articulation showcases Owen’s expertise in the subject matter he is talking about and thus appeals to his audience. Hearing from an expert is more appealing than hearing from a person who has no expertise. Owen’s ability to support his claims with evidence improves his knowledge and situated ethos.
Appeal to Logos
When it comes to making and supporting claims in the text, Owen does extremely well by creating a sense of logos. When the author claims in the text, he further presents a quotation supporting the claim. For example, when Owen claims in the text that Mr. Obama doubled down in his finger-wagging through criticizing college students, the author steps further and quotes Obama’s direct speech connected to the matter (Owen). The aspect of making a claim and supporting it with evidence creates logos. The author appeals to the logical reasoning of the audience through evidence-based arguments and not just appealing to emotions or feelings (Saha et al.). Arguing with logic presents the advantage of generating empathetical, engaging, and factually correct responses that appeal the most.
The author extends his logical argument throughout the text when he tries to connect the activism exhibited by the younger generation (millennials and the Gen-Zers) and the older generation (boomers and Gen-Xers). The author&rsq...