Reading Response: January 29, 2012

The article on the death penalty by Mencken was more logos based. Mencken broke down other people's arguments and proved why they were wrong and why he was right. Michael Kroll's article on the death penalty relied heavily on pathos. Kroll told a personal account of the use of the death penalty and he really used imagery and pathos to draw people in. I find myself more of a pathos person, which is what made Kroll's argument stronger and more persuasive for me, personally. I do not agree with his stance on the matter, but he does present a more compelling argument than Mencken does.