Heaven is for Real reveals Pathos and Ethos

Students selected reading why does this really illustrate of those pathos and ethos

The story that I have selected is called Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent in 2010 published in Nashville Tennessee by Thomas Nelson Thomas Nelson is registered trademark of Thomas Nelson Inc.

Heaven is for real has been on the bestsellers list.  This book is by Colton’s father in conjunction with the co-author. Colton also helps write this book in part. The father includes information and where he states he actually did personal interviews with his son to write this book.  Colton's father relates with the book but specific detail and research that he got from the positions as well as the hospitals. The pictures in the book are there so you can see the characters in the book.  This helps putting faces to names of the character in the book because it is a true story written by a family about the events that happened to them.

This book is a well written book about a family and how quickly and illness can impact their life.  Before a very difficult situation happens Justin acknowledgments in the prologue of the story about this young boy gives inspiration. This is a story about a young boy by the name of Colton who has a hard time in life he goes through a traumatic experience. You will be grabbed by the drama that is expressed in the story. The story opens with this young man going to a party for Fourth of July with his mother and father and his brother in Sioux City Falls South Dakota.  The trip to go see Colton's family was a Long road trip. Colton and his family went to see his uncle Steve his wife and new cousin.

Literally on this trip they had no idea when they decided to take this Trip one of their children with almost die.  They had gone to a lot of places during this road trip. Colton's father talks in detail about the many places they went along the way. One of those activities they decided to do was go to petting zoo.

Colton loved the reptiles but there was a gentleman there who had a tarantula and he tried to get Casey, Coleman's sister and Colton to pet the tarantula. Colton stared at it that he had a hard time putting it eventually they left Casey already held the Translate so Casey got a sticker.  Colton wanted a sticker but he couldn't get a sticker without holding the tarantula. This proved very difficult for Colton he did not want to hold the spider but he did want the sticker. So eventually they went back and Colton did hold the spider it’s name was Rosie.  Colton finally got his sticker they had gone everywhere they been in the butterfly tented seen every kind of reptile. That night they went out to eat at a pizza place. Colton decided to have spaghetti. Called and told his mom that he was going to be sick and then he got sick he threw up. They thought it was the flu but little did they know. It didn't take long for Coleman to get really bad they had x-rayed him and everything they had determined that there was a dark mass in his stomach insides had exploded his appendix burst. By the following Monday call me was intensive care fighting for his life.

This story is so intense that it will keep you wanting to read it until your tent finished. How does it fit in with the logos pathos and ethos? The information provided by the author and very beginning specifically covers the family and the outline of what there were getting ready to do and what they're going to do that is the logic behind it but to carry-on through story there's lots of areas were logos are in fact they have to keep logic throughout the whole story or would be an emotional turmoil story.  The Pathos are well envisioned in this book as well if you read closely about each one of the individuals in each role that they had to play there so much passion behind it you can't help it understand exactly what each person's thinking or feeling.

The Ethos are expressed in the story by filing different areas to show the research that the parents did from interviewing the doctor. As well as getting information to us about what Colton said about the different things.  It was true to the characters to talk to talk and walk the walk the audience will be captivated by the story just because of the very details of the story are so precise.  

This book was a very well thought out, planned and choreographed. I really hope that someone he reads my report will read this book and enjoy it as much as I did.