Jane Howard uses many credible sources in order to establish herself as a credible author, or ethos. She states in paragraph three, “Wishing to be friends, as Aristotle wrote, is a quick work, but friendship is a slowly ripening fruit.” Howard decides to use a well-known ancient Greek philosopher to help further understand and acknowledge that she has deep understanding of the subject. She also refers to “the Bangwa of the Cameroons,” an African tribe that began during the 17th century, which consisted of large number of closely related people. As well as creating herself as being a credible person, Howard grabs the emotion, through the use of pathos, of her readers, such as in paragraph 6, when she states, “This saddens me, as it may them