Abraham Lincoln's Ethos Pathos Logos

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Well, most of us have heard of these speeches: Abraham Lincolnś first inaugural address, and John F Kennedy. Of course they were are different times, so they had different problems in the world they were living in. Something that Is very interesting was they both use ¨We,¨ but instead of speaking of the similarities,Lincoln's is more on the logos that it is what is intended side and kennedy is the pathos to your heart. First, Lincoln's address was a very powerful speech. As he used the word ¨We¨ referring to all of the people, creating unity. The speech is mostly about logos. Logos are dealing with logic. You ask yourself ¨what.¨ Well, there are lots that Lincoln said that was logical. Like “,having no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery.” He didn't want to make the state go against him in any way. As he continued with his speech …show more content…

This hits me as a pathos it goes to your heart because we are the reasons we destroy countries , and towns to be better than others. If people want to join us we have to agree to have peace not war. We can become one as united. “ My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you--ask what you can do for the freedom of man.” It is talking to everyone who need help, and making the world more free. As like no racism, discrimination, putting us down for expressing our thoughts to people. That is pathos in its way to go toward you too make you think of it. That is what John F Kennedy is trying to get across. That we need to fight for are country, and to become freer in any other way possible. To not feel shame for our country and to feel proud of

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