Animal Ethos Pathos Logos

A song so simple as “Animal” by Miike Snow can carry such a vivid and meaningful message. However, songwriters often disguise their work with their choice of diction and figurative languages that are oftentimes unintentionally used but created when the writer tries to resonate more with the audience by creating a Pathos appeal of either happiness or sadness or in this case an empowering sense. The Swedish indie pop been known as Miike Snow performs the song “Animal”, which was written by Kristian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt. “Animal” can be taken to be a very simplistic song but the underlying message of the song has a vague message about meeting society standards without being who you really are or want to be. “Animal” by Miike

By utilizing the rhetorical language it is sustaining an ethos appeal to trustworthiness and a pathos appeal to empathy for the person. The author states, “In your eyes, I see the eyes of somebody. I knew before, long ago.” The author implies a remark about himself in second person and response to it in the first person, which is known as dialogismus. Within the context of the phrases lyrics the writer simply implying that somewhere deep inside of him, he sees he still that same person from a long time ago, which is a rhetorical statement to get the audience to think and create a sense of imagery. Following that line, the author states, “But I'm still trying to make my mind up. Am I free or am I tied up.” Its use of dialogismus with the writers choice of diction, makes the pathos and ethos becomes present, and it makes the audience think over an idea in a innovative way. This figurative language becomes an important factor to the song because this technique brings in another point of view which enables us to see and understand other perspectives. All songwriters have a purpose and a reason for why they write what they do, but what makes all song unique is that each song artist or producer has an insight to or belief that influences the way they share a personal experience or inform its audience. reason for Miike Snow wanting its audience to feel empowering was because the authors of “Animal” wanted to influence its personal attitude so it listeners could interpret the world from Miike Snow’s point of