DearSammySosa11

=My Open Letter To Sammy Sosa. Rhetorical Analysis=

Sarah Keegan Misti Billy

Establishing the Occasion
The author is writing this open letter now because he states that there were recent pictures of Sammy Sosa published. In those pictures Sammy Sosa looked more white and "pasty-skinned" than normal. He uses Sammy Sosa as a subject because it was not someone he knew personally, and Sammy Sosa is a celebrity which makes him an easy target for writing a letter about changing the natural color of your skin. He writes the letter to the audience because he wants people to believe that they should be proud of their skin color and not want to change it.

**Analysis of Persuasive Appeals**
Ethos: The writer is very stubborn and opinionated. He is very angry, disappointed, and unhappy. The only knowledge the writer has is the pictures of Sammy Sosa. The author was very harsh and discriminating to Sammy. Pathos: The readers can respond to the story in different ways. Some readers respond by a state of shock at the way the author was taking a stab at Sammy Sosa. The author wanted to reader to respond in an agreeing and understanding way. He wanted readers to side with him. What parts of the letter appeal to emotion? Logos: The message of the letter was to not bleach your skin and to be true to who you are. Be proud of your skin color.

The Argument
Claim: Bleaching your skin is not something you should want to do. You should be proud of who you are and what you look like. Evidence: The evidence the author had was that he noticed in recent photos of Sammy Sosa, Sosa is looking whiter and more "pasty-skinned" than normal. Also, there is evidence of other examples of self denigration. Differentiating Views: "You know how transsexuals will sometimes say they never felt at home in their original gender? Was that what it was like for you? Was there always a white man inside you trying to get out?" When the author says this, he compares bleaching your skin to transsexuals, because it's not something you were born to be.

Overall Effectiveness of Letter
Our group has decided that the overall effectiveness of the letter to Sammy Sosa was not very effective. The reason we came to this conclusion is because of some of the facts he presented. Yes in deed the writer stated some facts about African Americans and how things use to be but those where the only facts he presented and quite frankly he they did not relate with Sammy. The reason we feel the facts did not relate to Sammy is because of the fact that Sammy is from the Dominican Republic therefore, Sosa is not black. The writer was writing to Sammy and Sammy being a black. Also the writer was just harsh adn he kind of turned us off from what he was saying and made us think of how big of a jerk the writer was.