Exploratory Essay

Kahyaam Rahim Chaudhary 

Prof Corinne Shearer

FIQWS Composition 10105

October 10, 2023

Rhetorical Analysis 

Dr Luisa Dillner 

Friday 31 July 2009

             “The sibling Bond”, by Dr Luisa Dillner, a medical doctor, and a publishing director, talks about sibling love. The article is for a specific audience, which are people who have siblings. Dr Luisa uses a pathos to emotional relate to the audience, while also using logos to appeal to the audience’s reason. In the article She talks about how important siblings are and how a good relationship with your sibling can help forming “companionship, reminiscence and practical support”.  It further goes into detail about relationships between different siblings, telling us how a sister compared to a brother is more caring, and feels more closer to their siblings, which goes into my point of interest, sibling love from “The wild Swans” and how the sister had to suffer but still carried on saving her brothers. The author also talks about the siblings that they interviewed who stated that their sister knew them better than anyone else. The article further tells us that when in a specific age the siblings are bound to be competitive, but has they grown old things take a turn and the bond between them grows. I believe the author’s purpose is to inform her audience the importance of a sibling, to be more appreciative of them since not everyone is blessed with one.

Opinion piece:  

            The bonds between siblings are something that can never be lost regardless of the situation people may come to hate their siblings, but in the end the people who cares the most are those people. In the article by Dr Luisa Dillner “The sibling Bond” she talks about the importance of sibling; she states in one of her paragraphs how sisters are more caring than brothers I personally disagree with this.

            In the article Dr Luisa talks about how sibling love is the most important thing in our lives, she further states the importance of how when you grow older of having friendly siblings for companionship. I agree with her because the feeling of love/support you get from your sibling is different it’s warm and comforting. I, myself, have siblings whom I truly love, my older brother is someone that as always been there for me, and I find myself leaning on him more then I know. When we were young, I would often fight with my brother, but as we have gotten older things have changed which is one reason I agree with Luisa because I myself have experienced/seen the changes in our bond as we have gotten older. An example is from “The Wild Swans” how both the brothers and sister cared for each other, going to extreme lengths for one another. With siblings you kind of go through every emotion, at one point in your life you hate them, then you grow to love them, you then start to feel their pain and sadness. 

          Dr Luisa also states that fighting between siblings stops as they grow older because there is no longer the feeling of competition for your parent’s attention. I agree throughout my childhood I often noticed myself getting jealous when my siblings were given attention by my parents and to stop that I would start to fake cry or act like I’m sick so that I could have all the attention, but after the age of 13-14 I stopped. So, i feel like this statement has some value since everyone with a sibling has faced/been through something similar, at a young age I feel like there is a fear of abandonment which motivates the children to fight for attention to kind of prove themselves to their parents but has you grow old you realize that no matter the case your parents will always love you all equally.

          she states that sisters are closer to their siblings compared to brothers. I myself disagree with this because for me my brother has always been closer compared to my sister don’t get me wrong both my sister and brother have been very loving, but my brother was always the more caring. he’s been by my side in every struggle in my life, it differs for people everyone has different experiences with their siblings in my case my brother is the more caring. In a majority of cases, it may be that sisters are more caring I agree with that but not every sister is more caring than a brother. Take “The wild swans” for example the brothers carried their sister over the ocean for so long while the sister also later saved her brothers, I feel like the efforts of the brothers were not given that much of an importance if it wasn’t for the brothers bringing her to that island she would have never meet/married the king.

         Everyone has their own beliefs and experiences regarding sibling love these here are my personal opinions on the topic. In the end even if you have disputes you should value your bond with your siblings because after your parents, they may be the only one who will love you unconditionally.