There Aint No Reason

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ARGUMENT:


WATCO: believing in love on dealing with the chaos and commotion of this world.
Terms:

A:Love

B: Will come set you free from the chaos and commotion of the world

B/C: love is the only thing that can combat the irony and inequality in life.

IA: Whatever combats the irony and inequality in life can also set you free from the chaos and commotion of the world.

AUDIENCE: people who feel the need to be set free by something, who feel the weight of the chaos and commotion of the world.

HOW THE ARGUMENT IS BEING MADE:

ETHOS: Instead of creating credibility as an expert in his subject, he creates a relationship with his audience, bringing himself on the same level of understanding as them. He claims that he can't explain why things are the way they are. It is assumed that no one can explain all the madness and irony in the world. For that reason, I think that his representation is TYPICAL. He is a good source for the observations that he has made in his song. He also uses PATHOS in a very creative way. He is sarcastically mimicking the apathetic nature of those who explain away of the horrors of reality by stating "it's just the way things are.” Even in the style of the song, with a slow relaxing melody, he plays to the emotions with his nonchalant mentioning of losing everything you have worked for, selling your soul, hurt, hatred, weapons, and slavery.


GOAL: To persuade the audience of love’s ability to set them free. I think his audience already knows and has experienced the terrible things he mentions, and needing a way to escape from it all, but perhaps not having a solution, stating that he believes love will set him free suggests it as a solution to his audience as well.

IS IT EFFECTIVE?

His argument is very weakly supported. He gives no evidence as to why he believes love will set him free. However, the stark difference between the terrible realities he mentions and the concept of love makes choosing love the more desirable option. Arguing that neither he nor anyone else can explain nor solve these tragedies, love seems to be the default solution. Singling love out as the only legitimate option makes it a stronger, more effective argument, even though it is weakly supported due to lack of claims and evidence.