The essay “Evan's Two Moms” was written by Anna Quindlen and published in the New York Times and the 2004 edition of Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments. This essay also takes a liberal view regarding same-sex marriage and the possibility of raising a child in a same-sex family. Throughout Quindlen's essay, his structure introduces ethos, pathos, and logos through a variety of court cases to gain readers' trust; she appeals to both emotion and logic in her reader through an unwavering passion and intensity, which disapproves of those who take a radical view against same-sex marriage. Anna Quindlen's structure of "Evan's Two Moms" provides the reader with explicit details about the same-sex marriage debate. Additionally, in Quindlen's introductory paragraph through the fourth paragraph, she uses pathos to entice the reader to read more of her essay. “Evan. Evan's mother. Evan's other mom. A child, a psychologist, a pediatrician. A family,” she uses short sentences to build anticipation in the reader. Quindlen gives several examples of why same-sex adoptions and marriages should be l...