A Rhetorical Analysis Of On The Sun By Josie Griffiths

Well-known childhood British actress, Josie Griffiths, came out of her Broadway shell and showed everyone her true beliefs in her article “Do aliens exist? This question has baffled humans for centuries” on The Sun. Griffiths’ purpose is to incline the truth about alien existing’s, not only in the U.S. but, all around the world. She conveys a deliberate tone in order to demonstrate to her readers the realness and accuracy and to release the truth behind the existing’s of aliens. Griffiths’ opens her gratitude towards aliens existing’s by stating that the most accurate fact there is; the increase of UFO’s sightings. She approaches to the more scientific audience by providing logical proof of the extraordinary increase of UFO’s sightings in

Griffiths’ then proceeds to explain the Roswell UFO incident. Griffiths shifts to her explanation about the, “world-renowned conspiracy theory”, the Roswell UFO incident spiraled (16). She appeals aspiration from the audience by advising about the 1947 findings in New Mexico. The Roswell incident consists of the “unidentifiable debris in a farmer’s sheep fields” (17). She brings this case to her audience’s attention because she wants to let her audience know that the possibility of alien’s existing, but why was nothing done after the Roswell? Is the government trying to hide something? This outpour of facts is a way to convey and reveal the truth the government is keeping from its people. “People continuing to make claims about leaked US government documents, which supposedly prove it was a cover-up”

Many believe she died from a drug overdose. Griffiths suggest that she was murdered “by the US government -after threatening to reveal top-secret information about aliens” (25). Although, Griffiths does not explain on why she believes this Monroe theory and/or gives no evidence. Although, she does state a claim that the Ministry of Defense has a confirmed such “Britain’s X-Files”, but are apparently hard to get a hold of because they contain “a cache of 15 unusual incidents in British skies” (28). However, Griffiths declares herself that experts are still to find concrete evidence. She distracts the readers from actually thinking if aliens are alien or not using ethos in conveying that Marilyn Monroe is a reliable source and would not about such topic. This leakage of the celebrity outburst and the unknown files, create a baffling thought process to the audience because everything they knew, they are now seeing a different side of it. It makes them question everything they have ever known and might consider the possibility of aliens being