Ethos Pathos And Logos In Comeback

Charles R. Morris uses logos throughout Comeback in order to convey that America has four key parts that fueled the oil boom alongside the American economy to grow faster and safer than ever before; however, many people feared a steady decline was coming. These fears were driven because of what happened throughout the 1980’s when America lost control of oil prices in 1979. Charles R. Morris writes “But there is now a very different and much more compelling growth narrative. It has four main elements: the energy bonanza; the resurgence of manufacturing; an infrastructure build; and a vibrant healthcare industry” (Morris 145-146). These four aspects of America’s growth contributed to the expansion of the oil industry despite the narrative of

“The government can borrow at very low rates and build highways and bridges, improve ports, clean up waterways, repair dams, extend commuter railways—in short, undertake a whole raft of public projects that enhance productivity, create jobs, and stimulate spending” (Morris 105). Charles R. Morris uses punctuation in order to create meaning to infrastructure. Informing the reader what it does in order to build America and extend the job market. This emphasis placed on the different forms of infrastructure brings the third portion of the four key parts of America's growth to the audience; “an infrastructure build” (Morris 145-146). The writer presents these topics in a chronological order that makes it easy for the reader to comprehend that oil did the exact opposite of what everyone else was expecting. When everyone thought there was going to be scarcity in oil, in 2013 companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell and Chevron were “near-quintupling of investment in pipelines, Gas prices will not rise to profitable levels until industry can reach more of its natural customers; ratcheting up pipeline investment is the only way to make that happen” (Morris 36). The consistency of Charles R. Morris’ writing strategies inform the reader of the second of the four key parts of the growth narrative in America; “ the resurgence of manufacturing” (Morris