(Answered):Short Essay 153 . . . .

Question Description

Choose ONE of the following two options:

1. Using the texts “Pathologies of Hope” and “A Case for a Tragic Optimism,” construct a rhetorical analysis of which author (Ehrenreich or Frankl) makes the stronger argument. (articles are provided in the files part)

Note: Please do not summarize the essays; I have read them. Instead, focus on rhetorical analysis with the goal to convince me of which essay’s argument is more convincing.

2. Barbara Ehrenreich describes the “Cult of Positivity” and its effects in “Pathologies of Hope.” However, her article is a bit outdated—using specific examples, argue whether our culture