Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The subject of parenting has always been an extremely debated subject in America. How a child is raised is always the topic of conversation. In Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” she explains how Chinese parenting has influenced her life and how her way of parenting is better than the “Western Mothers”. She believes pushing a child hard enough will result in a brilliant and successful individual. By using the rhetorical devices such as, ethos, logos, and mostly pathos she captivates the audience and supports her claim; however, she also weakens it, and provides a glimpse into a whole different style of parenting. Ethos is presented in Chua’s argument very clearly. From the beginning