Obama & Ally's choice

In both of these texts, “A More Perfect Union” by Barack Obama and Ally’s Choice podcast they used emotion (pathos) to convey a messages to their listeners/readers. In Obamas speech he goes into great detail about his early life and childhood, about how he is black, white, and has so many different ethnicities in his family. He talks about his family and the nice countries they’ve lived in and also the poorest cities they’ve been in. He shares his good and bad experiences to create emotions so his listeners can relate and connect with him. In the Ally’s choice podcast she goes to talk about how being black when she was younger wasn’t enjoyable. She purposely decided one day that she didn’t want to be black anymore and she wanted to be white. I think both Obama and the Ally’s choice shared their life experiences about race because race is actually a huge issue and major topic in society today. Its very relevant so they share their stories to show that they are like everyone else who struggled or to even share the stories of their struggle.  I personally enjoyed reading president Obamas More perfect union because his story was genuine and interesting. He made me feel for him and almost as if I understood him. He talked about how America has an issue with race and that we need to fix it if we ever want it to get better. Both of these pieces of work are very important and are helpful when it comes to sharing experiences.