With the advancement of technology in our society today, students and professionals use technology as a tool in everyday life. Based on Joelle Renstrom, the author of, “And Their Eyes Glazed Over,” technology is affecting our learning process causing non-comprehension and lack of socialization. Renstrom utilizes an informative tone in order to connect with her personal observations and enlightens how the use of technology is becoming more dependable and reliable.“And Their Eyes Glazed Over,” is an effective article that uses a variety of appeals commonly known as ethos, pathos, and logos to anyone interested in changing the use of technology, with the intention of showing how people are losing their perception of knowledge. To begin her essay, Renstrom uses the appeals of emotion to connect with her audience by expressing a relatable problem amongst humans to support her claim of why technology is becoming a distraction. Renstrom proposes a feeling of laziness when she …show more content…
She mentions,“I use to jump to the conclusion that students with whom I had such interactions were inherently flawed… it’s not just that they have trouble paying attention or are distracted by their phones or laptops... The problem is their use of technology in general.’’ The speaker has referred to her own opinion in this sentence, to give credit to her prejudgment. Renstrom uses metaphors to compare the difference between people who rely on technology versus those who don’t, “You could say that the people in a cave are those obsessed with technology….while the people who can put down their devices and walk into the sun are the enlightened ones.” This gives the reader a strong sense of appeals to ethos by creating a standard disposition. Finally, Renstrom asserts a personal study to reinforce her discoveries and everything stated throughout her