Rhetorical Analysis Of Aids Not A Whisper Anymore

AIDS- Not a Whisper Anymore

1.2 million people in our country do not know that they are infected by AIDS (Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Back in the 90’s HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death. AIDS is not/was a topic that was embraced in our daily conversations and was usually dealt in the shadows. People suffering had no one to share their grief/feelings with. This disease spread by and through loved ones, networking through people mainly of the age between 18-25 it spread like wildfire throughout the country. In 1992, at the Republic National Convention, Fisher addresses Republicans present at the convention as well as the whole American public through a televised broadcast. In her speech, A Whisper of AIDS, Fisher exudes a sense of urgency in bringing light to the “epidemic”. She uses herself as her example to make her speech more effective and also capture the audience through ethos, logos, pathos,

Fisher is very clear on her Fisher’s purpose is quite evident and we can clearly see that through her word choice, examples, and rhetorical strategies. Her words created images in peoples minds and… She breaks down the fallacy stereotypes encompassing AIDS victims, saying that she contracted the disease through marriage and lives in a loving warm home unlike others who have casted away their loved because they are _____. (Credit?) HIV is not only a problem that the government has to deal with but also a problem we as the ones affected have to collectively work together to break down, as our fear of speaking out on HIV is giving the disease the upper