What would someone do if they were enjoying their life and all of a sudden they were told they had cancer? This is what happened to college teacher Joseph Monninger. Three days after he retired from 32 years of teaching. He successfully delivers his message about the inevitable passage of time and how everyone will eventually run out of time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the time you have, and he does this using ethos and pathos. It’s evident that Joe is credible and can be trusted through his use of personal experiences, by sharing his battle with cancer, and also by sharing his background. On top of that, he also uses pathos and appeals to readers’ emotions by including the things that he has been through, and also showing how he …show more content…
Joseph Monninger proves that he is trustworthy and credible. He does this by sharing his personal experience and battle with cancer, and also by sharing his background. He shows that he is reliable with his background when he says he retired “After thirty-two years of teaching college classes,”(Page 1, Monninger). This helps prove he is credible because teachers, especially college teachers are expected to be truthful and credible, also including the fact that he has been teaching for thirty-two years shows that he is most likely trustworthy. He also proves he is credible by sharing his battle with cancer and how he draws on his life experiences. For example, he shares how when he first learned he had cancer, he was in shock and felt as if he was forced to confront death. He explained this as death being an old man and how it is now his turn to dance with the old man. Joe also talks about how he felt fear and anxiety, how he worried about the pain that may come with treatment, and how he doesn’t want to do chemotherapy. The way he explains what he went through all feels genuine and factual relating to his