David touched sensitive aspects of his life to write his essay. He opened himself and he let his feelings go. Personally I have known David since the beginning of the college year and when I read his essay I met a part of David I couldn’t have ever imagined of him. He didn’t really talk about how he learned english because he came to this country when he was 12 years old so he did have an english development and it would’ve been great if he decided to talk more about it. He did talk about language development but it was something about mountains. I didn’t really get what he was trying to say. I think that the essay was good but he wasn’t following the main idea of the assignment. He gave settings details but he didn’t describe the characters he mentioned like Sophie, I had to ask him myself to understand a little bit more about them and their relationship.

Regardless of that, David in his essay used a Pathos and Ethos. Pathos because of the way he mentioned topics that are very delicate and that would make a lot of people feel some type of way for him, even though he wasn’t looking for that, it’s just a feeling that comes through your mind whether you want it or not. Ethos is present when he mentioned some of the books he have read that inspired him to the development of his “Mountain language”, also when he gave the writer’s credits and explained how they impacted him. That gives the audience a sense of feeling that he has a backup knowledge.