On February 14, 2018, 19 year-old Nicholas Cruz went to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida, and used an AR-15 to kill 17 innocent people. Following this tragic event many students of Stoneman Douglas are anxious and scared about their return to school . BBC News wrote about the students utilizing appeals to pathos and appeals to pathos, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43223279. BBC utilizes appeals to pathos by talking about one students return: "Lyliah listed people she knew who would not be returning, including Joaquin Oliver, who sat just in front of her in a class they shared". This makes the reader sad because Lyliah sat just behind Joaquin and now she will never see him again. They also appealed to logos by talking about the number of students returning back to class: "At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a line of police officers, school staff and community members bearing flowers greeted some 3,000 students who returned to classes on Wednesday morning". The intended audience is anyone who wants updates on the situation because this shooting has become a catalyst for protests among the young and old. The authors purpose was to inform what has happened with the students of Stoneman Douglas.
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