One Flew The Cuckoo's Nest Rhetorical Analysis

“The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that; proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog” is one of Vest’s famous lines in his persuasive speech Tribute to the Dog. His technique is to appeal to the jury emotionally by speaking of the dog’s loyalty to its master.
First, Vest tactfully laid out his case how a dog is truly a man’s best friend. He did this by explaining how a man is full of malice in a way that wouldn’t offend the jury. Vest had said that “ The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy.” (pg. 93). This says his best friend, a man, turned against him because of the strong animosity he has inside of him. Moreover,

Vest talked about the story, and the sequence of the way he put in the speech gave a bit more power to it. Vest had told the story in a way that the man receives love from the dog after Vest had talked about the man’s lowest point in life. If he had said that the man loved his dog, but there are many people that are out to get him, it’s not a very well built story as to how he actually wrote it. The way Vest planned out the speech is fascinating and it makes you think how the foes of the speech actually disagree with Vest.
The emotion Vest had put into the speech had most likely got the jury to lament about the story of the dog and man.

One may even shed tears because of how well the emotional appeal was worded. One example of the emotional appeal is when Vest had said that the dog didn’t need anything from things that dogs need in life, like food, to poverty, like a bed or a collar, and it will be faithful forever. “The dog will kiss the hand that has no food to offer.” (pg. 94) Vest made an emotional appeal to the dog owners and how they feel about their pets. Although Vest made an excellent point, we can infer from the speech that many dog haters don't care for dogs or think that they don’t deserve anything. In the background, it stated that “ represented a man seeking payment for his dog, which had been shot by a sheep farmer.” If Vest had even written about the speech, we would have inferred that the sheep farmer didn’t care for the dog and didn’t want to pay back the

money.
Nevertheless, Vest’s speech is still persuasive, also known as the “classic tribute to man’s best friend.” according to the background.

The story is very emotional, and it might even make a person cry, but how? The way the story was written was so that the ending wasn’t bad or good, but it was about the loyalty of the dog. He first talked about a man and how almost everyone had betrayed him, except for the amiable dog. Lastly, the man had passed away, yet the dog was still waiting, being the faithful dog he was. Vest uses words that are meaningful. In page 94, it says “when the last scene of all comes….” the reader really wants to know what is going to happen. They want to know because they know how much the dog loves him and how much he loves the dog is so strong that we want them to have a happy

ending.
Vest had successfully made a persuasive speech and won the case, and “ some said it was a perfect piece of oratory….” It stated in the background. In many speeches, they appeal to the emotion, like what Vest had spoke. The emotion was the story and the sequence of it. It was very well executed with supporting details with evidence. Not only did explain the problem well, he backed it up with evidence and an emotional appeal in the story persuasively to dog lovers.