I Want a Wife

1-What is the tone of the essay? Is she serious?

The tone in the essay is casual, humorous, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic. The author lists multiple jobs which a wife does and is expected by many to do in many instances. She does the same jobs in her life for her husband and children but now she seems to not like to do them anymore and wants a wife for her to help out. Also, she describes the attitude of men wanting a wife in his life, so he can hinge on her everything and do whatever he want to do in his life. She is showing how selfish and sexist ideas of men are prevalent.

She is not serious in the story. She doesn't want a wife literally. The main examples given in the story highlight the author's sarcasm. Brady says that she wants a wife who will work and send her to school so that she would not have to work as hard while working to become more economically independent. While it is worthy of respect to have a man want to become more economically independent, it is just as worthy of disrespect that he would expect the woman to work to support the family by herself during the time it takes to do this. Irony in this situation is that while he wants to better his family, said husband wants to burden it (Watrous).

2- How does the author use Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to develop her argument?

Rhetorical Triangle

Ethos: Credibility -trust, Pathos: Emotions-imagination, Logos: Consistency- logic

Ethos of the article: The author demonstrated her credibility in the first couple of paragraphs. "I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am a wife, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother" (Brady). She acts like she has a lot of knowledge. All the wives jobs that she mentioned must have been experienced by her to know the roles of women.

Pathos of the article: The author lists the jobs that are required of wives. After listing those jobs at the end of the page she says "My god, who wouldn't want a wife (Brady)"? This ending is very emotional in support of the argument and it allows the readers to conclude that this is wrong. She says that to unnerve men and to treat women as lesser human beings. Also, she wants readers to take action. The author wants people to get angry and feel emotionally involved with the topic.

Logos of the article: The author arguments are apparent in her article. One of her arguments is that women are required to do too much. She doesn't mention this directly, but says this by listing the role of women. Another argument that she emphasize is the inequality of men and women. In her article she wants to go to school and be supported financially. And there is a wife who must take care of the house, kids, money...etc. She argues that this

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