Rhetorical Analysis Of George Washington's Farewell Address

In 1796, George Washington presented to the public people, his friends, his family, and his neighbors, his farewell address. He was a remarkable man who lead a courageous journey and left a progressive impact to thrive through the following years. In such speech, he aimed to explain the reasoning for his retirement and to give thanks to the American people that he had formerly lead in turn for their support and cooperation in standing strong together as a whole, as a country and as a family.
This speech was presented with the form of a semi-serious tone; in the aspect of seriousness he proves to be very sincere, but also very appreciative in his reminiscence of the past roles he had played in the aid and advancement of his country, which gives

the tone some light. He used solid, very formal grammar and a nice style of wording in his speech that showed he had given much thought to his goodbyes and wanted to use a very a specific, concrete form of diction.
In his speech, there are various forms of pathos, ethos, and logos presented.

President Washington himself was a very strong form of ethos in the sense of, well, presidency. Not only was he a wonderful president and leader, he was in fact the very first elected president of the United States; he worked hard to step up and take leadership and responsibility of the lives of our men and women, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, and daughters and sons. He held a firm stand in organizing the chaos of the situation at hand from before, and in keeping such conditions under smooth control afterwards. He strived to keep our freedom and our rights as citizens of America, noting these points by saying, “...I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows, that heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to

it.”
Washington uses Pathos in reiterating the profound way that he took risks and gave his all in the attempt in forming this country and running it to work together in the determination to lead our people in the right direction with such motivation. Also, he relives the past circumstances of his duties in fighting for what he loved, what he believed in, and for what he was determined to protect. He implies these truths by reminding the people that our suffrage had “twice called me to have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire.”, but states that he does not take those acts in vain and does not take those citizens for granted by acknowledging “the debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me…”
Logos is another form of appeal that was used indirectly in this text as he mentions different aspects of his career. An example of such conclusions would be like when he mentions his time and life in battle. He also exemplifies this as he states “”
In conclusion, Washington’s Farewell Address had a memorable impact on the influence of American History through and by with a sense of .