The Use Of Rhetorical Devices In Ho Chi Minh's Writing Style

In Ho Chi Minh’s article he states that Viet Nam is an independent country. Throughout this piece he explains very thoroughly how Viet Nam is independent. He uses many rhetorical devices some that I would like to point out are repetition and chronological order. The repetition allows him to beat you to death with the point that they are already independent. The chronological in this piece allows you to follow along with the story of how they gained their independence. These devices allow the reader to understand the piece better. The most over whelming device he uses is repetition.

He uses several types of repetition; such as stating different quotes from our declaration of independence, also he says multiple times” Viet Nam has become

free and independent.” By using pieces from our own declaration of independence, he shows that Viet Nam has the same beliefs that we had during our war against Great Britain. This appeals to the American reader making them think Ho Chi Minh is trying to do the right thing for his country. He also uses the repetition of phrases such as, “Viet Nam is already a free Country”. He talks about them defeating the French, then being sold to the Japanese. They gained their freedom from all these countries so Ho Chi Minh states in the last paragraph “Viet Nam has the right to be free and independent and, in fact, has become free and independent. This is his most overwhelming message about his country. This is the first rhetorical device that Ho Chi Minh uses in this piece.
The next type of rhetorical device he uses is chronological order.

This allows the reader to easily follow the events leading up to Viet Nam’s independence. Which in turn allows Ho Chi Minh to get his point across to any audience. When he is describing any event in the Viet Nam quest for independence he states the date such as “In the Autumn of 1940”. This in turn makes me think of what else is going on in the world at this exact time. Things such as Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, McDonalds produced their first restaurant, and the great Chuck Norris was born. I can think of all this useful information because Ho Chi Minh includes dates before every major event in this article. Another way chronological order is a useful rhetorical device is it keeps the reader focused on the “meat” of the passage. Which in turn keeps you more focused on smaller details because you are not thinking about when something happened in relation to another point he talked about. This can be very useful when giving so many facts as Ho Chi Min does in this piece. An ample about of facts can overwhelm any reader no matter their age or intelligence. This allows a reader to take in all these facts without straining their brain compacity. This rhetorical device was a major part in the success of this piece in the eyes of any

reader.
Ho Chi Minh is arguing throughout this piece that Viet Nam should be an independent country, and, in his mind, they already are. This is a very demanding statement, which requires some great rhetorical devices to get the reader to the same thinking as him. The two major ones Ho Chi Minh uses are repetition and, chronological order. He uses repetition to “beat you over the head” with his main idea of their independence. He also uses chronological order, this makes the piece easy for the reader to follow along and understand the information. Both of these devices are great for proving his point to the reader.