The three appeals are logos, ethos, and pathos.
Pathos is an appeal to emotion, ethos is an appeal through your own credibility, and logos is an appeal to logic.
Logos is the answer you're looking for.
There is no answer? So sorry.
Amanda was treated differently than the other empires because she is a girl. they think that she isn't good enough because they think guys are better than girls. they think guys are stronger.
William Gilmore Simms deserve to be known and studied by many because he has good stories and his humor is good. His choice of topics, characterization, format and narrative power proves that Simms is a master storyteller.