In Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open, Agassi shares his immense amount
of experiences with tennis. Agassi, a professional tennis player, expresses to
the audience the difficult times tennis created throughout his life and the
challenges he had to overcome in order to succeed in his life. In chronological
order, Agassi shares with his audience how his father pushed him as a tennis
player and made him practice on the tennis court, even when he did not want to
play tennis. Even though Agassi grew up to be an iconic tennis player, he
expresses how his relationship with tennis was not always positive. Agassi
struggled with finding his passion for the sport even with his father’s
encouragement. When Agassi became a professional tennis player, he worked
tremendously hard to achieve the best ranking for men’s singles. Even when he
grew older and struggled with many physical injuries, he upheld the number one
ranking. In this autobiography by Andre Agassi, he utilizes a direct tone, and
appeals to pathos in order to express the struggles with becoming a dedicated,
professional tennis player.
Andre Agassi’s direct tone in his
autobiography makes it clear how emotionally and physically tiring tennis
created for a person. He wants his audience to understand that even though he persevered
through many obstacles, such as despising the sport, he was able to become a
very successful tennis player. By using this direct tone, Agassi is able to
clearly display his purpose for writing this autobiography and express to his
audience that no matter how difficult a task is there is always a direction
someone can be able to take to attain their goals. He also appeals to pathos to
allow the audience to connect with Agassi’s story. There are many people who
experience the emotions Agassi felt during his tennis career, and Agassi wanted
to share with his audience that they can achieve anything they want to complete
in their lives.
In the autobiography, Open by Andre Agassi, his direct tone,
and pathos is utilized in order to convey the struggles with playing tennis had
on him as a person. He expressed to his audience that even though there are
many difficult times while trying to achieve something, there will always be a
way to fulfill the dream that wants to be acquired.
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