Rhetoric in Percy and Freire

Paulo Freire's essay The 'Banking Concept' of Education, and Walker Percy's essay The Loss of the Creature ultimately share the same message: students are not able, without a struggle, to use their education to confront real-life situations. However, they go about convincing the reader of their views in very different ways, and Percy seems to be the more successful of the two, by making inclusion of the reader a priority in his writing. His rhetoric consists of real examples, colorful metaphors, and provocative allusions to make his ideas highly approachable and intelligible to his audience. Friere, on the other hand, simply states his case using diction, along with a little sarcasm, and a whole lot of repetition. His case exists completely in the abstract, in theory, and yet, appeals ironically to the emotions instead of to logic. Ultimately, the problem with Freire's rhetoric is that it is too abstract in nature.
In The 'Banking Concept' of Education, Freire discusses ...