Rhonda Pulley
Summary/Body in Trouble



The writer uses logos throughout her story as she is confined to a wheelchair but claims she doesn't feel confined because she is able to write about how she feels or escape writing a story. Her body is disfigured and she is slowly losing her ability to move. People seem to not know how to take to her because of her appearance. She feels being a woman confined to a wheelchair is a kind of "double jeopardy". The metaphors she used in her story, she sort of joked about in a "back handed" way (pathos) but it seemed like she felt she had no choice but to accept as she says "I embody the metaphors" but she feels complete when she writes. She feels useful writing the soup menu for the church, she found a way to be part of no matter how society feels.
Ethos- Nancy Mairs was a Professor at two different universities and is an accomplished writer and author.