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G. Wallace's Eskimo Story

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E. Wallace uses the fish story as an underlying motive to teach the graduates that having a narrow outlook can lead to a lack of awareness. The fish should know what water is because the water is the fish’s habitat; this metaphor allows the audience to note that one may not think about the most obvious. F. Wallace provides another example of a narrow mindset: G. “The atheist just rolls his eyes. "No, man, all that was was a couple Eskimos happened to come wandering by and showed me the way back to camp" (Wallace 16). H. The Eskimo story is an example of logos because the atheist believes that the Eskimos happened to be at his place in the time of need. The Eskimo story is another metaphor that allows the audience to note that it is plausible that the Eskimos were sent by God. However, the atheist’s close-mindedness only allows him to believe that his theory of the …show more content…

David Foster Wallace proceeds to supply the audience with a visual image of day-to-day life as an adult after college:
J. “But it hasn't yet been part of you graduates' actual life routine, day after week after month after year. But it will be. The traffic jams and crowded aisles and long checkout lines give me time to think, and if I don't make a conscious decision about how to think and what to pay attention to, I'm gonna be pissed and miserable every time I have to shop.” (Wallace 18).
K. By providing a cause and effect claim, Wallace builds his appeal to logos by proving his theory that bad thoughts can be fixed by choosing what one thinks. By thoroughly explaining that life seems dreary after college, Wallace instills fear into the graduates, which allows the graduates to deter from having a conceited perspective and to be self-aware of their thoughts.

L. Wallace appeals to logos by providing stories of the fish, the Eskimo and the atheist, and a day-to-day routine of adulthood to instill into the audience that being less arrogant in one’s views can broaden one’s perspective on

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