Rhetorical Analysis Of Men Have Forgotten God By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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“Today’s world has reached a stage that, if it had been described to preceding centuries, would have called forth the cry: ‘This is the Apocalypse.’ Yet we have grown used to this kind of world; we even feel at home in it.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn addresses the world today in his essay entitled, Men Have Forgotten God. After persevering through heartaches and abundant trials, he was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1983. This prize was given to the person who made a significant contribution to life’s spiritual aspects. After receiving the prestigious honor, Solzhenitsyn presented his speech known as The Templeton Address or Men Have Forgotten God. As portrayed in his quote, he believed the world was in the midst of great despair. He feared people would eventually suffocate from not actively seeking the Lord. By Solzhenitsyn’s compelling personal experiences, …show more content…

He directly witnessed a world, slowly drifting from God’s commands. The world, during his time, resembled a piece fruit that gradually decayed and worsened every day. In his younger years, he was a devoted communist. After fighting in the horrors of World War II, he achieved the title of captain of artillery. In 1945, his world and views drastically shifted. Solzhenitsyn was abruptly arrested by the Soviets for writing letters that criticized Joseph Stalin. The next eight years of his life were spent laboring in prison camps. To his dismay, the following three years he was forced into exile. It was in this period of eleven years that Solzhenitsyn began to contemplate his worldview and beliefs. In his state of poverty and imprisonment, he found the deep and steadfast love of Christ. He would secretly record his thoughts of God and the government on scraps of paper, memorize what he wrote, then dispose of the paper. His cruel personal experiences shaped his writings and

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