The podcast The ‘Rhino’ Hunter, portrays the usage of ethos, pathos, and logos with unique persuasive devices ranging from the devices that align for certain appeals to others. Ethos, the appeal to authority and credibility is very crucial for The ‘Rhino’ Hunter. One of the reasons is because of the connection it has with aphorisms. While Simon and the Team Leaders are on their trip to Namibia, they flag down an endangered species of rhino and kill it. An example of an aphorism that occurs as this is happening is how they refer to the rhino as ‘the black rhino’ which expresses the situation of these hunters going to Namibia and killing the rhino. Another reason is because of the connection it has with anecdotes. After what Simon and the Team Leaders did was fundamentally wrong and thinks that there were other ways that they could have got rid of the black rhino. An example of an …show more content…
However, Simon and his team took a much more violent approach and assassinated the endangered black rhino Pathos, the appeal to emotions from other people, is another crucial appeal for the ‘rhino’ hunter. One of the reasons is because of the connections it has for personification. When Simon and his team got called out for going against multiple wildlife and human rights organizations for killing the black rhino, Simon and his team were getting backlash for how the rhino was put into Branco 1. suffering by the hunters and that it was immoral for the hunters to kill the rhino for the sake of getting money. This connects to personification because the black rhino was described to go through a tremendous amount of pain that is irreversible now that they have killed the endangered black rhino. Another connection that Pathos has for The Rhino Hunter is