ANSWER: In the end, Wolfe’s The Death of the Moth focuses on viewing life in a more pessimistic way. There are undeniable similarities between Dillard and Wolfe’s stories, other than the title. Both focus on life as a major theme throughout. However, the feeling the reader gets after reading the stories are drastically different.
I think its Ethos because he is definitely showing that he values the honourable men more than whoever he is talking to which is showing what he believes (his ethics etc.)