Kobe Bryant Tears Up While Reflecting On All The Mistakes Teammates Made During His CareerIn the onion article, satire floods through each and every word as the author focuses on Bryant's ill-mannered behavior. As retirement continues to creep up on NBA player Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard grew wistful and teary-eyed while reflecting all the mistakes his teammates made throughout his career. "People will always want to talk about the championships, the All-Star selections, or the scoring titles, but what I’ll really always cherish are all the times I let my teammates know when they completely messed up" Bryant says. He player constantly reports through out the article his outbursts he made against his teammates. Although having multiple acts of aggressive outbursts the NBA player states that so many of his teammates' past failures stand out to him, however certain screw ups will always be his all time favorite. "the very first time he chewed out Rick Fox in his rookie year for playing soft defense" a rage of anger especially meaningful to the player. "It really is the little things that stick with me, like yelling at Dwight Howard for not taking a charge or kicking Kwame Brown out of practice because he didn’t dive for a loose ball,” Bryant admits to the reporter. With a hysterical tone, Bryant disregards ethics and continues to brag about the constant yelling towards his teammates.
“That’s the type of stuff I’ll really miss the most,” Bryant added. |
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Throughout the article "Kobe Bryant Tears Up While Reflecting On All The Mistakes Teammates Made During His Career," the author conveyed an appeal to logos and ethos portraying them in a casual tone.
The author makes his point across to the audience through the use of logical reasoning and valid evidence to back him up. The author successfully shows his audience the harsh, cruel, and diabolical side of Kobe Bryant. The author attributes the first hand offensive interviews in which Bryant speaks about his reflection on all the mistakes his teammates have made. "After wiping away a tear, Bryant then shook his head and laughed while recounting the time he questioned Derek Fisher’s masculinity in front of his wife and children." — An example of his offensive actions. Ethos was appealed in the manner of simply having "the" Kobe Bryant's interviews and quotes in the article. Also, Specific games were referred to and exact people were mentioned all bringing up the authors credibility, such as "playing for Team USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing," and "aggressively confronting Shaquille O’Neal when the center fouled out against the Jazz in 2001, or when O’Neal failed to call out a screen in 2003." Such specified dates and people strongly construct the authors validity. |
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The author uses the appeal to logos and ethos to achieve his desired effect or satirizing the emotions and feelings of Kobe Bryant — which is clearly not present. However the exact dates, and specific examples of aggressive confronting allow the author to satirize Bryant's caring and positive reflections of his teammates.
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