Analysis Of William Safire's In Event Of Moon Disaster

January 28, 1986, marks the day of the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion. A day that will go down in history as a horrible tragedy for both NASA and America. Seven lives were lost that day, including the life of a high school teacher from New Hampshire. Former President Ronald Reagan was tasked with explaining this tragic event to the US people. Because of this, Reagan postponed the State of the Union Address and spoke about the Challenger Explosion instead. In his address to the nation about the explosion of the space shuttle, Challenger, President Ronald Reagan effectively commemorates the loss of the Challenger crew while also celebrating the crew’s achievements and encouraging further space travel by establishing pathos through his show of empathy, employing strong positive connotation, and alluding to the great explorer, Sir Francis Drake.

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I believe the author achieved their purpose because they reported what happened before, during, and after Armstrong took those first strides. The second text, “In event of moon disaster” purpose was to thank and honor the men that died for the “search for truth and understanding”.The speaker would have been President Nixon and the writer was William Safire, the audience being the victims families, people of america and people of the rest of the world. Safire appeals to ethos because he has credibility as the man who writes all the “president's speeches and it would have been President Nixon giving the speech. The tex appeals to logos by the logic that they died for a good and noble reason to “search for truth and understanding” Pathos is applied by the event being astronauts death which would be obvisouly higly emotionally charged and by applying feelings of solemness (if it actually happened) and gratefulness becuaase this disaster didnnt happen.Also feelings of hope with saying “others will follow and sure;y find their way

On January 28th, 1986, Ronald Reagan used his stature as president to show sympathy for the country in the light of tragedy, in his speech entitled “Speech on the Challenger Disaster.” His main point expounds on the importance of the Challenger Disaster in the history of space exploration. He supports this claim by first explaining the effect the disaster had on the public, then offering his sympathy for the families of the astronauts as well as the entire nation, and finally declaring that the country must continue to explore space so the deaths of the astronauts were not in vain. Through Reagan’s use of rhetorical appeals, tone, and rhetorical tools he effectively persuades the American people to maintain confidence in NASA and in space exploration,

The speaker of this text is William Safire. The occasion also has to do with the moon landing, but it talks about what would have been said by President Nixon’s speechwriter if the mission was not successful. The audience would be the entire world, because it would have been a tragedy if it was not accomplished Safire would have told everyone in the planet about it. The purpose of this text would have been to let everyone know about the fatal deaths that happened in the attempt to have landed on the moon and to also let everyone know how they feel about losing these souls and that they would always be remembered. The subject of the text is to notify everyone in the world about the failure of the moon landing. Ethos is shown in the text because it is proving that it is credible and trustworthy since this would have been said by someone that President Nixon knew. Pathos is also displayed in the text because it claims that, “ They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.” This proves that there is emotions and everyone would have been very sorrowful and depressed for the lives that had just been lost. Logos is shown in the text by stating the year in which it was released and since it said it was “prepared” then that means that it was written ahead of time before it was released,

Though connecting the speaker, the audience, and the subject are important for an author, it is also crucial to use literary appeals to draw in readers successfully. One of the appeals used- ethos- shows Safire’s credibility when he was the president’s speechwriter. In addition, logos, which appeals to readers through logic, was displayed since the speech was mourning the astronauts. The mood of what was supposed to be a joyous event becomes somber in that the president has to state the unimaginable disaster that could’ve happened. With this, the author uses pathos by honoring the two astronauts for their mettle and stating that all of America would be mourning them. Also, the tone becomes solemn and encouraging because the author displays the pathos in that way. Safire includes that “ in their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man” which makes the reader feel sad but proud to have such men to “serve” the

The situation, the technicians and engineers, the astronauts in space, and each leaders ability to remain calm and in control help the viewer to understand that plans are subject to breakdown. Success will ultimately depend on a leader and their ability to make a sound decision based on the information they have at hand. It becomes ever so clear that the situation and

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Reagan used various different styles of pathos throughout his address. Pathos is defining how the speaker, Reagan, uses an emotional appeal. He used this appeal for this speech because at that point in time Americans had high emotions. Using words such as “tragedy”, “mourning”, “remembering”, and “pained” to describe the feelings Americans felt on that day. Within the speech, Reagan address the families of the seven astronauts lost in the disaster. “For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, ‘Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy.”(Reagan).” Reagan seems apologetic to the families of the seven victims, and to the people of the United States. As millions of people across the United States watched that morning, most being small school children, there was no trying to hide anything as he says. “We don’t hide our space program. We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. (Reagan).” He knew that NASA had made a tremendous error that in countless cases was unforeseen, but there was no changing what has already been done. As used pathos in several different ways such as word choice, sentence structure, and most important subject matter. At the time this was a highly touchy subject to

Reagan uses a solemnly optimistic tone that lets the audience know that he too is mourning as they are, but his faith in the NASA space program is still strong without disregarding the tragedy that they have at hand. All at the same time, giving subtle hints to the Soviet Union (which he knew was watching), that this accident wouldn’t allow the space program to end, and that space would continue to be explored. Reagan uses mostly pathos and ethos throughout his speech, to allow the nation to understand that he is a normal person like they are, feeling the same emotions that they felt, and that he would not allow those feelings to create fear or distinguish the nation's curiosity. He does this by using pathos to allow the audience to feel emotionally

President Reagan evokes pathos in the introduction of his speech by using diction and a flashback. Reagan addresses the grief that is being felt nationwide by his use of diction, he states that the tragedy “is truly a national loss” (Par. 1). This appeal to pathos makes the audience feel truly connected and unified as a nation during this terrible time. Another way that Reagan evokes pathos is by using a flashback. For example, Reagan states, “Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But…we’ve never had a tragedy like this” (Par. 2). At first the flashback is used to remind the audience that this type of accident has happened before, however, he also reminds them that it has never been this extreme. In a way, he is showing them hope, but also making sure that the audience knows

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One writer, William Safire, wrote a speech called "In Event of Moon Disaster" for President Nixon to read if the mission failed. The speech has a very unique perspective, because it was written in case something went wrong; that makes it have a very somber tone. Safire appeals to the listener’s emotions when he says "the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace." This is showing the innocence that the men had in their "search for truth and understanding" (Safire). Safire also uses phrases like "they stirred the people to feel as one" and "man's search will not be denied" to empower the American people and to say they will not give up on the space exploration. It is also very important to realize who would have given the speech. The speech was

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