very American citizen has the same basic rights called civil liberties that is protected under law. Despite this, over the years, America has had many civil liberty issues in which they are denied to some citizens. Susan B. Anthony’s Grave photo, Beyond Vietnam, and Ain’t I a women?, uses persuading pathos, steadfast ethos, and undeniable logic to delinate that while some civil liberty issues in America have been resolved, many have not, making America both a success and failure in terms of improving upon these issues. The Susan B. Anthony’s Grave picture uses pathos to convey that American civil liberty issues that may have been rebuffed in the past have since been rectified. In the photo, Susan B. Anthony’s grave is covered in “I Voted …show more content…
Today” stickers. (Source D) Anthony was well known as a women’s liberty activist, particularly with her work with voting rights. The battle for voting rights was an excruciating one for women in America but today, women can vote freely. The multitude of “I Voted Today” stickers generates sentiment in the viewer as an American citizen because of the fulfillment of knowing that our country has succeeded in disbanding such a prevalent civil liberty issue. Our country went from one that wouldn’t let women have a say in how the country was run, to one where women get to speak up and establish themselves as just as perceptive and capable beings as men. The great amount of “I Voted Today” stickers represent the millions of women who now have a voice. By using pathos, this photo shows that while in the past women were refused their civil liberty, the hard work of great women like Susan B. Anthony make it possible for these issues to be resolved. Additionally, the photo also includes the We Can Do It (Rosie the Riveter) poster (Source D) to let the reader know this civil liberty issue has been solved. This poster was used in World War 2 to inspire women to help with the war. It helped construct a spirit of feminism in the nation and recognized them as just as able to do the same things as men, contrary to past decades where women were told to stay inside the kitchen. Pathos is used in the inclusion of this poster because it inspires emotional gratification in women for the civil liberty they now possess as being viewed as just as equals to men. The pride and recognition in America’s improvements shown at Susan B. Anthony’s grave communicates that America has been more than successful in solving the civil liberty issue of women’s equality in America. Despite advancements in voting rights, women are still looked down upon as inferior to men and their civil liberties are therefore exploited.
Through her speech, Sojourner Truth repeatedly questions “ain’t I a woman” (Source F) when she brings to attention that women are supposed to be treated with a certain respect and yet they are treated like riff raff despite this. This phrase appeals to logic because Truth is pointing out that she is a women and should therefore, by reason, have a right to be respected under the law. However, while the civil liberties of women are now recognized by law and government today, they are still treated as “lesser thans” compared to men and ergo this issue has not been solved. If women are said to be given certain rights, then they logically should be treated as such by the general population. Truth states that the issue of women’s civil liberty has not been resolved because women are still treated with the same disdain as when their liberty as equals to men was not protected under law and so as a result, is not truly resolved. Furthermore, many Americans come up with ways to condone mistreatment of women by bringing religion into it and stating that women don’t deserve their rights because “Christ wasn’t a women”. (Source F) This appeals to logos in most Americans and acquits for the negligence of respect for women that American citizens have. Our country attempts to use the logic behind their faith to excuse inequality between genders. Even now, in the workplace, women are paid less than men despite being declared as equals to them under law. Many find false reasoning in this treatment by turning to a mostly homogeneous belief that Christ was male and so therefore, women must be inferior. Despite this being a foolish way of thinking, this idea reflects on how very far off this country is from being mature enough to acknowledge the equality of women. The sophormoric view that this country has on the civil liberty of women that
Truth points out renders America a country in the same place they were years ago with no improvement upon these issues. Lastly, our country is a double-edged sword of issues that have been both solved for the better of the people, and issues that have been a continuation of the legacy of dispassion of the people of this country. In his Beyond Vietnam speech, Martin Luther King Jr. calls out to American’s to be more empathetic of civil liberty issues as he recognizes the “great difficulty against all… apathy” (Source A) that Americans have. Americans have gone through decade after decade and confronted all sorts of civil liberty issues, and yet, many stand mute in the face of cruelty typical of discrimination of civil liberty. King appeals to ethos by acknowledging ethical wrongness and calling Americans to come forth and change. Despite progress with some civil liberty issues many are left unresolved, resulting in the continuation of civil liberty issues from the past. Moreover, America has also made great progress in how we deal with civil liberty issues. King sees that Americans are finally moving past just talking about solving issues and actually making a “firm dissension based upon… conscience”. (Source A) Many people have spoken of dissatisfaction with civil liberty issues, but few have moved past that and really worked to create change. Now, many are actively using their voices to create change and identify issues. King is appealing to ethos by urging Americans to not be bystanders of discrimination but to intercede and make a difference. Success from activism of civil rights are seen in present day. For example, women are now allowed to vote and different races are protected under law to have the same rights as whites. Truly, America has moved forward in protecting the rights of its citizens by solving civil liberty issues. The United States of America has drastically improved upon recognizing and protecting the liberty of it’s people under law. But, the practice of these civil liberty laws are not integrated into the lives of many American citizens in the same way they have not in the past. So, while some issues have been resolved many have not and still remain prevalent issues to the present day. Susan B. Anthony’s Grave photo, Beyond Vietnam, and Ain’t I a women?, all offer conflicting views
“Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion” (David Herbert Lawrence). Coretta Scott King was an inspiring person to women of all ages and races. However her death had an impact on everyone, she was seen as an idol, more importantly as a leader. Malcom X’s daughter Attallah Shabazz who is also Mrs. King’s most pride supporter addresses her remarks in her eulogy and engages the people at the funeral service for Mrs. King on the sorrowful day of February 7th, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. With hundreds of people, (mainly women) watching on TV or listening in the stands during this depressing time reflect and honor on the achievements and positive attitude she had on the community for others. Attallah Shabazz hoped that this event
During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s the fight for equal and just treatment for both women and children was one of the most historically prominent movements in America. Courageous women everywhere fought, protested and petitioned with the hope that they would achieve equal rights and better treatment for all, especially children. One of these women is known as Florence Kelley. On July 22, 1905, Kelley made her mark on the nation when she delivered a speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association, raising awareness of the cruel truth of the severity behind child labor through the use of repetition, imagery and oxymorons.
In a world where terrorism, war, and economic instability are ever looming threats it’s not a wonder why the limits on the freedom of the individual can come into question. This is especially true when the country where these limits are brought into question is one of the world’s leading powers in: democracy, economics, social welfare, military force, and foreign politics in general. This country, of course, is the United States. Unfortunately, even with the country’s democratically centered government, there is still a debate on whether Americans have enough protections for civil liberties or not. A few key areas of argument on civil liberties and hopefully provide enough information to the reader so that he/she may deduce an educated opinion as to whether Americans have enough protection for civil liberties or not.
In the era of American slavery, the rights of the colored were denied under authoritative rules, such as the Fugitive Slave Act that required the retrieval of all runaway slaves. It was during this time, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American living in Canada, felt the need to combat racial injustice by voicing her opinions on the newspaper Provincial Freeman. In her second issue of the newspaper, she argued the need to continue her editorials is to promote the antislavery cause by embedding repetition to unify her targeted audience and by approaching her audience with a cautious tone to build on more support.
On January 12, 1780, Abigail Adams, former First Lady, wrote to her son, John Quincy Adams, while he was abroad with his father and brother. Adams addressed to her son and future President to maintain his spirit to learn and grow. She expressed his purpose through her motherly tone, various religious and historical allusions, use of logos, rhetorical question with simple syntax and use of metaphors.
In the speech, “Aint I a Woman”, Sojourner Truth expresses her opinions on the discrimination of women, especially as a black woman. Sojourner Truth uses personal experiences and reference to deliver her message. Her speech makes a resilient link to the audience to show that racism and sexism is occurring everywhere, though men are rejecting it. Sojourner Truth alludes to what men say about women. She strikes men, saying that whatever they say does not happen. Sojourner Truth points out a man in the crowd, claiming that he says, “Women need to
“To think I have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems so cruel.” (Susan B. Anthony)
... Again, she says that she can work, eat, and bear the lash as well as men. But isn’t she a woman? This logic is hard to argue against, thus using it is extremely effective. In presenting this speech to the Women’s Convention in 1851, Sojourner Truth had to incorporate the use of rhetorical devices to support her claim and enforce it.
In Sojurner Truth speech “AINT I A WOMEN”, she is trying to elucidate to us equality for not just race but gender too is what is right. Men repute only things women are good for is cleaning and taking care of the kids. However, Women felt the opposite way they knew that could do anything a man could do. “They say we lack intellect,” she tells the audience, Therefore the men are saying women do not understand as they do. “If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours hold a quart wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure?” Sojurner is trying to say I understand we don’t have much freedom but let us enjoy the things we can do. In conclusion, women can do just as much as a man can do and they will not stop until they get equal
Although America has come really far when it comes to the civil liberties and rights of its citizens, there is still a lot of room for improvement. We have yet to achieve the goals expressed by the Constitution because there continues to be several cases brought to court of people’s rights being taken from them and many more where people are being discriminated against. Once a person is settled into a certain lifestyle it is difficult to change their mindsets. True civil rights and liberties will only come once America and the citizens that reside within change the way that they see the world, and realize that everyone was created equal with certain undeniable rights – the way it was intended to be.
Sojourner Truth’s speech entitled “Ain’t I A Woman?” became popular for its honest and raw confrontation on the injustices she experienced both as a woman and an African-American. The speech was given during a women’s rights convention held in Akron, Ohio in May 1851 and addressed many women’s rights activists present (Marable and Mullings, 66). Sojourner began her speech by pointing out the irrational expectations men have of women and contrasting them to her own experiences. She exclaims that a man in the corner claims women “needs to be helped into carriages and lifted ober ditches or to hab de best place everywhar,” yet no one extends that help to her (67). This is followed by her rhetorically asking “and ain’t I a woman?” (67) Here, Sojourner is calling out the social construction of gender difference that men use in order to subordinate women.
The United States of America is a country that is known for giving its citizens some of the most generous personal freedoms and rights in the world. However, living in this country and receiving those rights is a privilege that not every person in the world gets to experience.
“Human rights are women's rights, and women’s rights are human rights”(Hillary Clinton). “Ain’t I a Woman” speech was delivered by a famous African American orator named Sojourner Truth. The speech she delivered was advocating the support of equality for African Americans and women rights. In her speech, Truth conveyed the audience with persuasive language through vivid rhetorical devices that alternated throughout the speech. One of many themes she endured to persuade the people, indicated the women’s right and abolition to slavery. Truth presented the theme of “Women/Femininity” by significantly resembling that women and men have the same characteristics thus, concluding that women deserve same equality as men.
As a women's rights activist and abolitionist, Sojourner Truth, used her voice to help stand up for African-American women who felt voiceless during the women's rights movement. In her speech, “Ain't I a Woman,” she expresses how she is treated as inferior due to her gender and race. Truth longs for the privileges that many white women are given. She claims, “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!” (Truth). She feels that she has worked hard enough to be seen as a “true” woman, and should be given the same privileges as other women. Truth uses examples such as, “I could work as much and eat as much as a man” and “I have borne thirteen
Before women can prove they too deserve the same rights as men, they must first put to rest the myths and beliefs of their status in this country. This myth of the female status in the United States, and in most other places in the world, has always been the same. It is the belief that women should be in the kitchen, taking care of the kids, and the house, amongst other beliefs. However, in today's society, this is considered ludicrous. For instance, in her essay, 'Ain't I a Woman?' Sojourner Truth delivers a powerful message and addresses the issues of women in the society. She argues that women should have equal rights, because they can do the same things as men. For example she says, ?That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place anywhere. Nobody helps me into no carriages, or over no mud puddles, or gives me any best place? (348). She, then, con...