Generally speaking, in any kind of events rules and exceptions are always appear to be an issue, in the article “Cool Running” by Nancy Gibbs some exceptions have been made about athletes with physical deformation also how technology end up being on their side to win high level completion, so what is fair and what is the difference between a regular athletes and an athlete’s using the benefits of modern technology to achieves an impossible goal? Her essay is successful based on many facts and comparisons found in her assay. People with disability always seem to be sympathetic to others or being sorry for. Knowing the history of Oscar Pistorius, a kids that was born in South Africa and get his two legs amputated before he was one year of age (Gibbs,2008.p740) in this context Nancy Gibbs is using pathos to caught the reader’s attention (pathos is any quality …show more content…
They ultimately banned him from the IAAF. The International Athletics Association Federation did not show any sympathy or pity for this individual who simply can’t run as a normal athletes just because of nature. The author has used pathos and logos throughout the essay for example, “There’s some sweet irony in the fact that before Pistorius came along, there was no need for rules that now ban him” (Gibbs, 2008). In this Quote Nancy Gibbs used logos to make a solid point on how the federation is focus on cheetah as cheating equipment. They were not concerned about his inability to run as normal person and the effort put to this sport, instead he was not authorized to participate in further tournaments. His incapacity should have played a major part and encouraged technology to help those finding themselves in such position to pursue their dreams. Does nature have to define the rules and left behind people who obsesses for certain