Views on Gay Marriage in Anna Quindlin’s Essay Evan’s Two Moms

The essay, Evans Two Moms, was written by Anna Quindlin and published in the 2004 edition of Good Reasons with Comtemporary Arguments. This essay takes a unsubtle point of view concerning gay marriage and the ability to raise a child in a gay family. Throughout Quindlens essay, her structure introduces ethos, shame and logos through a variety of court cases to gain the readers trust she appeals to both emotion and logic in her reader through passion and resolute intensity, which disapproves of those who take a radical point of view about gay marriage.Anna Quindlens structure of Evans Two Moms provides the reader with explicit details concerning the line about gay marriage. In Quindlens introductory paragraph up until the fourth paragraph, she uses condolence to draw the reader into reading more of her essay. Evan. Evans mom. Evans other mom. A kid, a psychologist, a pediatrician. A family (Quindlen 410), The concise statements build anticipation, which is concluded with what the writer wants the reader to accept as a fact Evan and his twain moms are a family. The example of the Minnesota appeals court gives a real life example of a gay partnership trying to earn the same benefits as spouses. When one adds a public event such as the Minnesota appeal court case to private struggles like those couples who have to go from lawyer to lawyer to approximate legal protections their straight counterparts take for granted, as well as those AIDS survivors who are shut out of their partners dying days by biological family members, only one solution is obvious (Quindlen 410). Here, Quindlen appeal to the readers emotions and captures the reader on a personal level by giving an example of a person who is being shut out of the... ...e sex were not entitled to legally commit themselves to each other (Quindlen 411). The citation from Quindlen herself shows sarcasm and serves as a reality check for those who take a negative radical notion on gay marriage. She describes t hat twenty-five years from now, this consult will be as ridiculous as white and black marriage was twenty five years ago. In Evans Two Moms, Anna Quindlen incorporates ethos, pathos and logos to gain the readers trustworthiness and for them to agree on the way she feels about gay marriage. Also, her structure and tone show the reader that she has planned her argument and ties in court cases to support her argument. Quindlens tone and language also helps the reader to comprehend Quindlens argument and point that if two people are in love, no social occasion their sex, they should be able to live the same lifestyle as any other spouse.