Carlie Reeves Bias. Often times the place we are born and raised has an impact on how we view the world. Safwat Marzouk, who is the author of Tyranny in Nothing New (Nor is Resistance) is Egyptian himself but does a remarkable job at steering away from his pride and provides an unbiased perspective of tyranny, resistance, and the impact of women in Exodus. His aim is not to call anyone out, but to explain the relationship between tyranny and resistance. Marzouk starts his article by placing the verses from Exodus 1:8-2:10 (NRSV). This provides the background for what he is going to talk about for the rest of the article. The author is providing the logos that he will then refer to throughout the article. He then offers a definition of tyranny …show more content…
The Pharaoh does not look to Genesis viewing the Israelites' growth in population as a blessing, but he views them as a threat. This Pharaoh did not “know” Joseph. The author of this article explains his definition of the Pharaoh not knowing Joseph. Marzouk argues that the Pharaoh has heard of Joseph, but he constructs a monopoly of power by erasing the memory of the goodness of Joseph and instead views them as a threat (Marzouk, 4). The Pharaoh again is creating an us vs them view, rather than being unified. The Pharaoh's tyranny is irritation and is based purely on …show more content…
The author repeats phrases such as us vs them to make his central ideas very clear to the reader. The author starts the article with the context behind what he is going to talk about. This is very beneficial for me to understand what he was going to be talking about for the rest of the article. The definitions that he provides for things like tyranny allowed me to be on the same page as the author while reading the article. He also consistently goes back to the context provided at the beginning of the article for his logos. Marzouk refrains from using his Egyptian bias and is able to acknowledge the irrational tyranny that the Egyptian Pharaoh had over the Israelites. This adds to his ethos giving him credibility by being able to be logical behind his reasoning. I also found the concepts that he coveted to be very engaging which provided me with the desire to continue reading the