Throughout the column, Thomas Friedman draws heavily from appeals to emotion and logic, and the use of charged words.
Friedman appeals to the audiences' emotions through comedy and sadness. He uses phrases like "Well, I see both your walls — and raise you a dome" to make the audience laugh about politics. His goal of using his comedic statements is to degrade republican ideas of building border walls of Mexico and possibly Canada. Later in the article, Friedman also appeals to emotion through sadness by referring to the many Syrian refugees entering Europe: "Your heart aches for the Syrian refugees flocking to Europe". He uses appeal to explain his idea of a world separated by order and disorder.
Friedman relies on his appeals to logic to explain his ideas. He gives specifics like "5,525-miles" and "net migration flow from Mexico to the U.S. is now zero" to provide information about the topic to the audience. His goal of appealing to logic is to make him sound knowledgeable about world politics.
Finally, Thomas Friedman uses charged words to express his opinions about the world. He uses words like "crazy" and "out-trumped" to show his negative views of republican ideas. These words show his bias and criticisms that he has as an individual. Friedman also uses words like "order" and "disorder" to describe the way he views the world. He backs up these charged words with evidence from world events to improve his credibility. He effectively portrays one side of a issue in his column.
Friedman appeals to the audiences' emotions through comedy and sadness. He uses phrases like "Well, I see both your walls — and raise you a dome" to make the audience laugh about politics. His goal of using his comedic statements is to degrade republican ideas of building border walls of Mexico and possibly Canada. Later in the article, Friedman also appeals to emotion through sadness by referring to the many Syrian refugees entering Europe: "Your heart aches for the Syrian refugees flocking to Europe". He uses appeal to explain his idea of a world separated by order and disorder.
Friedman relies on his appeals to logic to explain his ideas. He gives specifics like "5,525-miles" and "net migration flow from Mexico to the U.S. is now zero" to provide information about the topic to the audience. His goal of appealing to logic is to make him sound knowledgeable about world politics.
Finally, Thomas Friedman uses charged words to express his opinions about the world. He uses words like "crazy" and "out-trumped" to show his negative views of republican ideas. These words show his bias and criticisms that he has as an individual. Friedman also uses words like "order" and "disorder" to describe the way he views the world. He backs up these charged words with evidence from world events to improve his credibility. He effectively portrays one side of a issue in his column.