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The Great Glorious General
“The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training -- sacrifice.”
General Douglas Macarthur gave an acceptance address when he accepted the Sylvanus Thayer Award at West Point for retiring from the military, but still remaining in active-duty while abiding by the military motto of “Duty, Honor, Country.¨ In his speech, we wanted to rekindle the fire in all the current military service men there, and to inspire more to come. He gives advice from his personal experience while also showing appreciation and gratitude from being recognized with the award.“That I should be integrated in this way with so noble an ideal arouses a sense of pride and yet of humility which will
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be with me always.” General Macarthur’s speech is one of the most famous and memorable military speech still today. One strategy General Macarthur uses effectively is his attitude towards the audience, his role. “Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.’’ He starts off with the motto of the military, and then with those words, he gives the audience inspiration and hope by referring to the past, present, and future. He continues on to talk about those three hallowed words saying, “... to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.” He explains how the motto gives every soldier the little push they need to continue their fight, and to get through another day. Three things that a person needs to be able to mentally survive any type of war, whether it be with other nations, disputes within a nation, or with one’s self, a person must have courage, faith, and hope. General Macarthur knew these things were what the world needed to hear, so he proudly encouraged anyone listening to him to continue their duty because they will receive honor for their country. Another strategy impressively used is the pathos, the emotional appeals. General Macarthur opens the eyes of many people by pointing out the truth and making people realize that the war is something dark,yet honorable. “However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.” The usage of metaphors is extremely important to what point he is trying to get across. It takes away the gory truth of suffering, and death, and is replaced by “ called upon” and “offer and to give his life.” He focuses on the good but bringing out the words “noblest development.” This shrinks the fear of the audience by touching their hearts, and changes their emotion to being proud and ready for whatever they may face. He refers back to the motto Duty, Honor, Country many times to explain what all those words mean.“..to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep;” He knows war is heart breaking and a terrible thing, but there is always a silver lining to any situation. Laughing and happiness isn’t something associated with war, but you can still learn how to find happiness, but never ignore the bad because there is pain in everything. General Macarthur’s words are pure and true since he speaks from experience. The final, and most important strategy used in the speech is the style, and the way General Macarthur presented his overall speech.
Throughout the entire speech, he refers back to Duty, Honor, Country to a total of seven times. On three other occasions, he has an entire paragraph that repetitively starts each sentence with the same word, so that he may make it point clear, and to stand out. Again, the speaks of the words Duty, Honor, Country and refers them to they. “They build...They make…They teach… They give… The create.” When he tells of what they may teach, he purposely creates a run along, listed sentence with ;to beginning each phrase. He lists off all of these to make it feel like the list of all the things to learn from Duty, Honor, Country goes on forever, giving the motto more power. Later on he begins with all the things We deal with,reaching out for, and speak. After the point of speak, he then listed all the thing we speak of, again with a run on sentence only separated by ;of. “;of creating…; of mining…; of disease…; of space ships.” This makes an impact because now the people are included in all the achievements made, and what they will achieve together. His last list of points are made after all the things the civilian's strength is crushed by. He uses a sentence containing only commas, followed by the word by. This is showing how there are things which hurt our nation that are within our nation, and there are multiple, but the civilians must stand together. The lengthy sentences made his ideas and reasons strongly
supported. All of these strategies made General Macarthur’s speech empowering to thousands of people. Out of all of the military citizens of that time, General Macarthur is the most qualified to be the one to present an enlightening speech like this one. He not only served the U.S. army but also the Philippine army. He began at age 23, in the year 1903, and didn’t once slow down until 1964 when he passed away from biliary cirrhosis. He fought in several wars and was awarded dozens of awards, including the Sylvanus Thayer award. He gave the speech May 12th, 1962, almost 10 years after the Korean war, and he was still giving hope and inspiring the soldiers to always stand up for their nation and to abide to the three words. Duty, Honor, Country.
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
In May of 1962, General Douglas MacArthur gave his gratitude to the United States Military Academy at West Point for his military service and for his acceptance of the Thayer Award. The speech was a key time for MacArthur to leave his legacy. With his speech “Duty, Honor, Country,” MacArthur shared his beliefs that one should follow the the words duty, honor, and country, because they helped him succeed throughout life and his military life. MacArthur thought that if the cadets heard of how he became successful, they would follow after him. On May 12th, he was successful in doing so as his speech consisted of rhetorical appeals which showed the importance of the three words he followed during his life.
In the same also different way, the coach in Marshall speech also using pathos when he said “ They don’t know your heart. I do. I’ve seen it. You have shown it to me...You have shown just exactly who you are in here.” This is pathos because the coach bring up how good the team have become. Whether they’re losing or winning, the only thing will matter is no one will have a great heart as the players have. They don’t need to win the championship to show that they’re the best, they just need to show how much passion they have with football to show that they’re the best team. The coach also said: “ When you take that field today, you’ve gotta lay that heart on the line, men. From the souls of your feet, with every ounce of blood you’ve got in your body, lay it on the line until the final.” He doesn’t put pressure on the players that they have to win, he speaked how he feel, he speaked from his heart, he just wanted that when the team take the field today, they just need to put all their effort and passion on the field.
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Despite there being hundreds of video game releases every year, most of these games are unoriginal and therefore unplayable. There are countless video game genres, but one of the most popular genres in the past few years have been the zombie games, also called survival games. I was thoroughly convinced that all the games in this genre were clichéd and overdone, until I played the video game The Last of Us. Even though it is a survival game, the focus is not on gruesome zombies or gratuitous violence, making it already vastly different from the others. Instead, the focus is on telling a story. Between the gorgeous graphics, serene music, and flawless acting, it already goes beyond being just another “zombie game,” but this isn’t even accounting
The Letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of several civil rights activists who were arrested in Birmingham Alabama, after protesting against racial injustices in Alabama. Dr. King wrote this letter in response to a statement titled A Call for Unity, which was published on Good Friday by eight of his fellow clergymen from Alabama. Dr. King uses his letter to eloquently refute the article. In the letter dr. king uses many vivid logos, ethos, and pathos to get his point across. Dr. King writes things in his letter that if any other person even dared to write the people would consider them crazy.
Niccolò Machiavelli was a man who lived during the fourteen and fifteen hundreds in Florence, Italy, and spent part of his life imprisoned after the Medici princes returned to power. He believed that he should express his feelings on how a prince should be through writing and became the author of “The Qualities of a Prince.” In his essay, he discusses many points on how a prince should act based on military matters, reputation, giving back to the people, punishment, and keeping promises. When writing his essay, he follows his points with examples to back up his beliefs. In summary, Machiavelli’s “The Qualities of a Prince,” provides us with what actions and behaviors that a prince should have in order to maintain power and respect.
In 1729, Jonathan Swift published a pamphlet called “A Modest Proposal”. It is a satirical piece that described a radical and humorous proposal to a very serious problem. The problem Swift was attacking was the poverty and state of destitution that Ireland was in at the time. Swift wanted to bring attention to the seriousness of the problem and does so by satirically proposing to eat the babies of poor families in order to rid Ireland of poverty. Clearly, this proposal is not to be taken seriously, but merely to prompt others to work to better the state of the nation. Swift hoped to reach not only the people of Ireland who he was calling to action, but the British, who were oppressing the poor. He writes with contempt for those who are oppressing the Irish and also dissatisfaction with the people in Ireland themselves to be oppressed.
On November 14, 1878, Alexander Hamilton took to address the residence of the State of New York in support of ratification of the U.S. Constitution. He pens the Federalist Papers: No 6 Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States, in a plea to bring support for the unification of the states. He skillfully uses pathos to appeal the reader, while providing logos to support his initial call for unification. Hamilton’s words are well thought out and logical in his presentation of the factual data, supporting the call that separate states cannot succeed as separate entities, they must unify under one nation and one federal government.
Pollan’s article provides a solid base to the conversation, defining what to do in order to eat healthy. Holding this concept of eating healthy, Joe Pinsker in “Why So Many Rich Kids Come to Enjoy the Taste of Healthier Foods” enters into the conversation and questions the connection of difference in families’ income and how healthy children eat (129-132). He argues that how much families earn largely affect how healthy children eat — income is one of the most important factors preventing people from eating healthy (129-132). In his article, Pinsker utilizes a study done by Caitlin Daniel to illustrate that level of income does affect children’s diet (130). In Daniel’s research, among 75 Boston-area parents, those rich families value children’s healthy diet more than food wasted when children refused to accept those healthier but
The history of life on earth could be thought of as a record of living things interacting with their surroundings; for most of history, this has meant that life molds over time by the environment it inhabits; however, very recently, humans have become capable of altering the environment in significant ways (Carson 49). Marine Biologist, Rachel Carson, in her environmental sciences book, The Silent Spring, documents the detrimental effects on the environment by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson argues vigilantly in an attempt to persuade her extremely diverse and expansive global audience, under the impression that chemicals, such as DDT, were safe for their health, that pesticides are in fact detrimental for their health. Through
But still, speaking here today on behalf of those who have served and those who continue to do so -- active, Reserve or Guard -- your presence here today, for this event, is indeed appreciated. It is appreciated more than you can know.
The movie trailer “Rio 2”, shows a great deal of pathos, ethos, and logos. These rhetorical appeals are hidden throughout the movie trailer; however, they can be recognized if paying attention to the details and montage of the video. I am attracted to this type of movies due to the positive life messages and the innocent, but funny personifications from the characters; therefore, the following rhetorical analysis will give a brief explanation of the scenes, point out the characteristics of persuasive appeals and how people can be easily persuaded by using this technique, and my own interpretation of the message presented in the trailer.
Jonathan Kozol revealed the early period’s situation of education in American schools in his article Savage Inequalities. It seems like during that period, the inequality existed everywhere and no one had the ability to change it; however, Kozol tried his best to turn around this situation and keep track of all he saw. In the article, he used rhetorical strategies effectively to describe what he saw in that situation, such as pathos, logos and ethos.
"The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. Total discipline overcomes adversity, and physical stamina draws on an inner strength that says drive on." - Former Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge