In this article, the journalist, Briggs, talks about the life of military men and women when they return from war. He begins the article with vivid examples about some soldiers who have returned with anxiety and gone wild upon their return home. Briggs then transitions to logos when he explains that Obama will begin shipping service members back home from Afghanistan during the next year. He then includes statements from military men who explain what returning home is like. They explain that at first everything is exciting, but as the months wear on, anxiety, tension, strained relationships, and culture shock set in. Briggs then transitions into a section entitled "Distant from family." In this section, Briggs uses pathos when he includes the personal stories and quotations of two veterans. The veterans talk about how their relationships were different because they were away and solo for so long. The veterans also discuss how habits from war would come back, such as getting antsy when lines at the store grew long behind them, due to paranoia. One veteran described how his senses were overly sharpened, and he would pull off to the side of the road if he just saw garbage because he had been trained to avoid things that might be bombs or other weapons. After discussing these effects that war has, Briggs transitions into another section entitled : "'Lucky I Didn't Die.'" In this section, Briggs discusses the crazy impulses people give into when returning from war. He includes examples and uses pathos with these personal stories in which veterans discuss how upon returning from war, they felt so behind on life, so they went crazy to try to make up for what they lost. This article combines logos and pathos to describe the negative effects of war on relationships, conscience, and ways of life.
Link to article: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/18/16976156-home-from-war-troops-face-white-knuckled-first-month?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=4
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