The Final Blog

Throughout both readings, each author uses ethos, pathos, and logos in order to properly persuade readers into thinking a certain way. In Barack Obama's speech, "A More Perfect Union," he issues an amount of credibility, emotion and logic in order to persuade Americans into coming together and ending on going racial conflicts. He's credible when he brings up Jim Crow laws, Brown vs. Board of Education, and other examples of segregation that took place during the Civil Rights Era. He issues a great amount of emotion throughout every piece of this speech, as his whole self-image was involved. A brief example of his emotions was when he stated, "I would not be running for President if I didn’t believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country." Lastly he offers a tremendous amount of logic as well when he analyzes and explains the controversy that occurred with Reverend Wright. President Obama has always delivered great speeches, and a key attribute to his abilities has to do with the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.