The topic discussed in this article focuses on the positive impacts malls have in society. Malls have been around for many years and continue to influence society into buying or shopping for material things in order to satisfy our everyday needs. They are also a way of connecting society by the interaction of shopping in masses brings and creates a fun ambiance for everyone to enjoy. Rhetorical evaluation is analyzing the tone, the aim, and the ultimate purpose of the ideas being brought forth. Evaluation is an important skill to have in today’s society because otherwise we would be led like sheep into accepting eloquent arguments as absolute truths when they could be the opposite. Readers can learn to distinguish what’s best for them by analyzing all kinds of arguments in society. Writer, James J. Farrell, in …show more content…
This essay will first explore how the ethos is weak, then discuss how the pathos is also weak, then how the logos is strong, and finally how the fallacies undermine the effectiveness of the argument. The author’s purpose, which is to evaluate the strength and weakness on the appeals to ethos, pathos and logos, is effectively accomplished by the end of the article. While James J. Farrell is effective in his appeals to logos, he is not as successful in his appeal to pathos and ethos because he commits some emotional fallacies. First, James J. Farrell is effective in his appeal to logos by providing factual data and definitions. He appeals to logos when stating the “number of shopping centers, total leasable sales area, retails sales, and employment in shopping centers from 1970s to 2000s” in a chart titled as “Shopping Centers in America” (Farrell