A common social construct is that people must grow up and strive to do what they love in life. Because of this statement, Gordon Marino argues against this belief in his essay, A Life Beyond “Do What You Love”. He claims that not everyone is able to do what he/she may love and is able to support his argument with the usage of rhetorical devices. He uses rhetorical devices such as anecdotes, personal credibility, rhetorical questions, and distincto in order to strengthen his argument that people sometimes are not able to do what they love.
The most prominent rhetorical device Marino uses is anecdotes in which he is able to support his claim with. In Marino’s essay, there are two key anecdotes that can be found. The first being of a recent event
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Marino asks questions throughout his essay that can keep his audience interested in the topic. These rhetorical questions include, “But is ‘do what you love’ wisdom or malarkey?” (Marino 1) and “Was [my father] just unenlightened and mistaken to put the well-being of others above his own personal interests?” (Marino 2) Not only do these questions cause the audience to change their own beliefs, but it gives the audience a chance to question themselves on whether or not doing what they love is the right thing to do. Granted there could potentially be a bunch of other questions concerning Marino’s argument, but these two rhetorical questions allows the audience the chance to decide if they agree with Marino or not. Yet, when it comes to questions, people still need clarification. When it comes to writing essays determining whether or not it is ethically okay to do something, people still need some sort of clarification. Marino uses distincto to do just that. In his essay, Marino brings up the topic of Martin Luther King Jr. Marino evaluates on the idea that King did what he did not because he loved to fight for equal rights, but King felt he needed to fight for equal
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