Indledning
The essay “Poverty is a state of mind” is a brief autobiography of the author, Bernard Hare. It was published by BBC NEWs on 28 November 2012.
he essay are presenting important moments from Bernard's life and reflect both his own experiences with poverty and poverty in general. Bernard was born into poverty in a working-class area of leeds. His mother was a part-time shop employee, while his father worked as a coal miner.
One day Bernard got tired of being poor and he began to see the important things, such as getting an education, and being more responsible.
It went really well for him until one day when he fell back into drinking. He realizes that there are younger people who have the same problem as him.
Then he starts to help children with similar problems as he had and it becomes a success and they help him choose a career path.
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Uddrag
The author makes a strong impression by bringing in his own experiences and viewpoints. His life story serves as an expression for his emotions.
As a result, he mostly uses egos and just minimally Pathos. He uses his personal experiences as evidence to argue that poverty is a state of mind, and this is when we see egos at play.
“You really could leave your door open all day, because no one had anything worth nicking.(P. 2 L. 28-29)” (P. 2 L. 28–29).
Here, it is evident that they were so destitute that they had nothing worth protecting that they didn't even have to lock the doors.
We have more faith in his knowledge of the subject when he provides instances from his personal experience. When he describes the di cult experiences he had as a child, pathos is evident.
He claims that he adopted the drinking culture from his childhood. ”I was raised in the drinking culture and I took it with me(P. 4 L. 117-118)”. His use of pathos is evident since, after reading, we feel sympathy for him and are convinced that he is telling the truth.
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