Both readings used logos, pathos, and ethos in ways to
persuade or just to simply grasp the reader's attention and communicate.
Obama's "A more perfect Union" speech utilized all three appeals
easily. He spoke at a great intellect from the jump but his communication
skills are so well it seemed as if he was just having a normal conversation
between two people; He appealed to our mind and intellect when he said
"unless we perfect our union by understanding that we have different
stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not
come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction
-towards a better future for our children and grandchildren." He also uses
pathos throughout his whole speech in which the passion and tone he speaks you
can hear the anger that is sometimes displaced or the care for which he is
saying. He also appeals to himself in which he explains his background and
what's that meant throughout the election for him. Overall his entire speech
appealed to the audience and himself.
In Barak Obama’s, “A More Perfect Union” speech he mostly appeals emotionally. His speech is for everyone, black white, Hispanic Americans, etc. He uses the comparisons between the races to get people’s attention emotionally. For example, he talks about his life and some important life events he had gone through and people the he’s met, who might not be like him. He says, “These people are a part of me. And they are a part of American, this country that I love.” This pull the heart strings of any American patriot. Although those people are different then him and have different backgrounds or feel a certain way, he loves them because they are a part of our great country. This isn’t the only time that he appeals emotionally.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading I was catching points that made me emotional, but I knew that someone else might not feel as emotionally about it, and vice versa. He did a good job of making everyone feel something, not matter their race. He included everyone’s life style in his speech. For example, “Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze.” He also appeals to Hispanics in the end, (not only in the end), when he talks about Ashley and her story. How she could of blamed anyone for her problems, but instead she “sought out allies in her fight against injustice”.