<span>The
most evident example of fallacious reasoning is the second excerpt: “Both of these boys are in the adolescent
age, both these boys whom every alienist in this case on both sides tells you
is the most trying period in the life of a child…”</span>
<span>The second
excerpt is an example of the type of fallacious reasoning called “Ad Hominem”
or “Bandwagon Appeal.” This type of
fallacious reasoning is when there is an attempt to convince readers/audience
members by communicating that everyone else already believes something, so they
should “jump on the bandwagon” and allow themselves to be persuaded. We can see how within the excerpt this is done
with the words “every alienist in this case on both sides tells you…”</span>
