Cat crazy! I've got that lovin' feline
In Cat crazy! I’ve got that lovin’ feline Philippa Stockley describes and supposedly celebrates the nation’s love affair with cats. Personally, I thought that she made me a little bit freaked out about how many crazy cat people there are rather than get me excited about all of the adorable and loveable creatures in the world. Stockley used lots of logos, popping in tons of names of famous people who were cat lovers and lots of cat lover statistics; this made me believe her to be a more credible source. She also used pathos effectively; she had plenty of humor and included many of her own cat loving experiences. The actual context of the article was something to do with a recent issue with some war over a cat called Maya or something, but that wasn’t really explained. It seems that the article was directed towards a cat loving audience that would be up to date on the latest kitten news. Since I do not fall into that category I could not relate to the article as much as I would have liked. So it is that her purpose is probably along the lines of congratulating fellow cat lovers on a job well done of expanding their reach in the world. She established herself as a cat lover but in a humorous way. “In the United States, cats are officially recognized as trip hazards. Any cat owner who has tried getting downstairs in the morning with a hangover knows the way Fluffy picks this moment for a determined bout of twined intimacy with one's legs.” In this section, she made herself seem more credible with the words “Any cat owner”, which implies that she is a cat owner herself and speaks from experience. I suppose that she did succeed in celebrating cat lovers around the world, but she didn’t exactly convert anyone else into a cat lover. As I said earlier, I was a little freaked out by her cat obsessions.
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