The Unquiet Death of Robert Harris

         Michael Kroll's article was more effective because it used pathos within a narrative to get the audience more emotionally invested. Kroll's essay focused primarily on the appeal of pathos, which is used to create an emotional appeal for the audience. He did this with detailed description, as evident when he describes the death of Robert Harris: "He writhed for seven minutes, his head falling on his chest, saliva drooling from his open mouth. He lifted his head again and again. Seven minutes. A lifetime." This is one of many examples of description that stirs something in the reader, and makes he or she feel bad for Harris. The attachment process that takes place by using an emotional appeal is stronger than that of a logical appeal, and that is why Kroll's essay was much more effective in persuading me than Mencken's article.