Analysis Of Mayor Michael Nutter's Speech At Mount Carmel Baptist Church

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In his August 7, 2011 Sunday morning speech at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter aims to confront teens of Philadelphia. The congregation consist of all ages, different races, genders, and religious views. Unfortunately, Mayor Nutter introduction to the congregation happen prior to me listening to his speech. Therefore, I am unable to comment on the introduction. However, the great scheme of things began to unravel as he shared the fact he was away days prior to the incidents that happened the night before. Mayor Michael Nutter did not clearly state his thesis statement until much later. Nevertheless, by using, association with humor, ethos, and guilt amongst a few other strategies he appeals to the parents to get their children off the streets as they are …show more content…

Mayor Nutter associates himself with the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, which he has attended for the past 25 years. Followed by saying that the church choir got a lot better once he left the choir 20 years ago. His intent in using this strategy effected the congregation by making them feel like they all are part of one big happy family. So much that, they welcomed and looked forward to hear the rest of his speech. Next Mayor Michael Nutter focuses his message toward the teens, one strategy he uses in this section is the ethos method (his experience and background in law) in which he states “And they need to understand that there are serious consequences to aggressive, violent, idiotic, stupid behavior not only for the teen but also for the parents or the guardians. The effects of this strategy from the audience became two fold as one side of the congregation felt like he had their best interest in mind. On the other side of the congregation, they felt as though punishing the child should be

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