Examples Of Logos In 9/11

Tuesday morning, September 11 of 2001, referred to as a day to remember, the twin towers were attacked by terrorists in a hijacked plane. Thousands of lives were lost and it was a day that brought great sorrow to America. George W. Bush, the president at that time, addressed his speech to America as a nation, giving them hope that the events that took place earlier that day would not shake them but that they would come back stronger. In this essay I will evaluate Bush’s formal 9/11 Address to the Nation and discuss the speaker’s appeals to pathos, logos and ethos to convey his message that America can stand tall as one.

Another way Clinton uses pathos is when he tries to comfort the people who have lost loved ones by saying, “You have lost too much, but you have not lost everything.” Clinton lets the audience know that they have people that will help them through this hard time and they have the nation behind them: “You have certainly not lost America, for we will stand with you for as many tomorrows as it takes.” Clinton ultimately reaches his goal of comforting his audience by using ethos and pathos strategies throughout his speech.

It is important for him to touch upon these emotions, and make the audience feel the sorrow, dignity, and hope, however, it is more important for him to remain strong and uphold his powerful image as our leader. He strongly upholds this dominant character throughout the speeches entirety. His almost stone-like facial expression allows audiences to perceive him as dignified and they can therefore instill more trust in his capabilities as our nation's leader. Had former President Bush expressed all the emotions he was mentioning, the audience may have altered their perception of him by perceiving him as weak, such as if he were to render sorrowful expressions in front of the people who elected him as leader. It is important to keep in mind that at this time, Bush had only been president for a short matter of time and still had to prove himself as a qualified leader, therefore it made sense that he only verbally depict emotions such as sorrow. Former President George Bush accomplishes a well organized speech by his proper and effective use of pathos in addition to logos and

The Use of Pathos in this speech is used in a way that affects everyone’s emotions do to the attack on Oahu, Hawaii. Here’s an example of pathos in the speech given, “The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost.” This quote appealed to everyone’s emotion in the U.S. by telling us the damage caused by the Japanese. Everyone in the U.S. are most likely feeling depressed and full of anger towards the Japanese Empire because the military forces and the innocent citizens were attacked and/or killed. With Roosevelt’s statements, the people in the U.S. are feeling more insecure, whereas the president wants to go to war to show other nations that we will defend ourselves.

Bush uses ethos within his speech to establish himself to the public. Ethos is seen when he states, “Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans” (Kohn). Bush clearly establishes himself as a proficient leader. This phrase reflects in Bush’s actions, as both are clear and concise. Another statement in which one can see the same type of establishment is when Bush disclosed, “I have directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice” (Kohn). In the same way, this statement like the action described is clear cut and portrays Bush as a

Not only is Ethos and Pathos used effectively in the speech, Logos is as well. Though the use of Logos is used much more indirectly than either of the latter, it is still an important component of the speech. Adm. Mcraven uses Logos by providing support for his statements and lessons taught throughout the speech. For example, Adm. Mcraven explained how one individual could ultimately change the lives of eight-hundred million people by only changing the lives of ten in their lifetime. He supports this claim with mathematical reasoning and evidence, “Ask.Com says that the average American will meet 10,000 people in their lifetime. That's a lot of folks. But, if every one of you changed the lives of just 10 people — and each one of those folks changed the lives of another 10 people — just 10 — then in five generations — 125 years — the class of 2014 will have changed the lives of 800 million people.”

Athletes in America are known to be some of the highest paid athletes in the world. Multi-million dollar contracts and extreme amounts of money. They play extreme amounts of games and get paid what the general public would think to be a lot. In reality, they don’t get paid enough. In The Cauldron article, Leland Faust try’s to persuade the audience about athletes paychecks. He effectively uses ethos, pathos, and logos in order to persuade the audience into believing athletes should be paid more.

He also includes a lot of emotional parts throughout the speech this is effective as it may get an emotional response from the audience this happens when he says “Your loved ones were daring and brave” and “It is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen” this is a good use of pathos as it does connect to the emotional feelings of the viewer.

In the beginning of the speech he uses pathos, or emotion, which is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. George W Bush says, “Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge -- ­­huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat” (1). He tries to catch his audience by talking about all the bad things, and lives ended, but then states, “But they have failed. Our country is strong” (1).

Lincoln uses pathos, ethos, and logos in order to persuade his audience. He uses pathos in a way that appeals to the audience’s feelings about the war. Lincoln also uses logos to show facts and details, an example would be “one eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the union, but localized in the southern part of it. Then Lincoln uses ethos for credibility to give people an even better reason to listen to him, and his credibility is that he is the president.

The terrorist attack of 9/11 was a very tragic time for many Americans especially those who lost loved ones. Karyn Ramsey, an American Airlines employee lost her roommate, Sara Elizabeth Low that was a flight attendant on Flight 11 the morning of the attack. Karyn’s wing are symbols of many things. However their meanings shift from before 9/11 and after.

This speech intends that the listeners are all Americans and politicians. Ethos and Pathos are present in Obama’s speech. President Obama appeals to ethos because he is giving credible information about his address. He talks about his life and giving a history of his family. When President Obama is addressing his speech, he mentions that he has “gone to some of the best schools in America.”

Trump builds pathos in his speech by using various rhetorical strategies and appealing to the audience’s current problems. His tone when he speaks at the podium as well as the written text in the speech is powerful and well-suited to make the readers and listeners believe that he meant what he said, subtly creating pathos and ethos. Besides the tone in his speech, the way President Trump speaks increases his pathos immensely. Various usages of repeating sentence structures such as “this is your day. This is your celebration” and utilization of short sentences in a steady rhythm make his points clear and precise. Not only did the skilled rhetorical writing techniques make Trump’s intentions clear to his audience, the steady rhythm builds tension and excitement for those who listen to his speech, thus increases his pathos. By using pronouns such as “we” and “our” multiple times throughout the speech, he presents his proclamation in a personal light to the audience and speaks to the audience with a strong determination; this makes the audience gain more interest in what he says or believe that Trump will accomplish his claims, even people who may not have trusted him in the first place. He also used the term “we” to refer to both the citizens and himself as a whole to create as sense of unity, indicating that he and the audience are working together and heading towards the same goal. After Trump gained his audience’s attention, he used

During this very important speech, President Trump attempts to show how dominant he is and how great of a person he believes he is. He fills the first few paragraphs with a mixture of pathos (“Mr. Secretary, I will begin by saying me and Melania had a terrified time meeting with you and your wife, Caterina, whom I should add has a terrific figure.”) logos (“What a terrific turn out, but there are 193 nations in the UN. 193. Maybe 192 now with what happened to Antigua and Barbuda.”) He likes to show that he is very powerful and often relies on the fact that the is the President and consqeuntly should not be questioned. (“And we all saw my leadership on it. I had the best people in place, and to be honest, people will study how our response forever because of how great it was. Great response.”) Then he follows up with attempting to make an ethos statement, (“So I love the people of Florida. The many people down there. I love them, and they love me.”) Ethos, logos, and pathos are just barely scratching the surface of the rhetorical appeals in this speech.

Obama uses pathos extremely well, he connects with the, audience and makes things personal to them and himself. His speech is more about the people and how they are what powers change. He talks about his life making the speech personal to himself however he doesn’t just focus on himself he focuses on the people and making the changes he wants to see in America as a citizen. “Not just to hold office, but to gather with you to transform a nation. I want us to take up the unfinished business of perfecting our union and building a better America.” This is a perfect example of pathos because he’s bringing the audience together and making them feel excited causing an