Rhetorical Analysis Of Aung Sang Suu Kyi

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said “The only thing to fear is fear itself”. Similarly, compelling her audience to believe that corruption is not caused by a want of more power but due to the increase of fear in society, Aung Sang Suu Kyi spoke her speech, “Freedom from Fear” in 1990, to convince her audience that the only way to live a peaceful life as a democratic institution is to grow courage as a community and stand up against the Burmese Army. Aung Sang Suu Kyi advocates for the formation of a democratic institution and compels her people and her country to grow courage to stand against the Burmese Government. Aung Sang Suu Kyi builds her argument by developing ethos with her audience which leads to her logical plan to build courage for her audience and goads her audience to stand with her (kairos) as she influences …show more content…

This bold sentence serves as an attention grabber as it challenges a common dogma once stated by John Dalberg, “ Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” By making this brief but, powerful statement, Aung Sang Suu Kyi surprises her audience by blaming them for the corruption of the government making her audience more keen to understand her point of view. Aung Sang Suu Kyi then directs her words towards her Burmese people as she alludes to specific words such as “ Chanda- gati”, “Dosa-gati”, “Bhaya-gati” and “ Chanda-gati” (Kyi, 1) to explain the corruption of her land in the words of her people. This builds ethos as she can connect to her people and clearly explain how “chanda-gati” or the corruption built by fear is the most dangerous form of corruption. She can then further explain how the only way to root out the corruption of the Burmese Army and gain freedom is to first eradicate the people's fear of the government and instill confidence in the basic human rights of the Burmese

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