Dave Dudley established his extrinsic ethos in various ways. For one, he had produced a series of Top Fifteen hits in the 1960s. He was also in his forties, so he had seen all parts of the Vietnam War at this point, as well as the end of World War II. Dudley saw stages of a different war, a time of peace, and the Vietnam War. Seeing all of these different time periods helped establish his extrinsic ethos, because he had seen America at its best and worst. While he has a lot of positive extrinsic ethos, he losses some of it because he wrote the song from the perspective of a soldier fighting in the war, but he was never personally in the war. He established intrinsic ethos by relating to his audience, and making the pro-war song from a perspective many could relate to. Overall, his ethos is better established from the extrinsic perspective then his intrinsic.
- Emily Kader
I liked your thoughts on how the age of Dudley establishes extrinsic ethos. Your breakdown of him having seen America at a time of war, peace, and then war again does in fact make him a credible source. And you're right about how the perspective of the song is from a soldier, and Dudley -- not being a soldier -- losses some of his credibility. great post!
ReplyDelete- Jessica Foster
Emily, nice post! I agree with your observation (although you and Jessica both mean "loses, not "losses"). I wonder though if some examples of prior songs like these, especially when this come from an album with a patriotic bent, or lyric examples might have helped improve our understanding of this argument.
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