Dr. Ben Carson From The Republican

Throughout the history of America, many Americans voted on leaders to guide us into prosperity and peace. When they are elected, they promise the people-through an address- to fix the changes their predecessors created. In the inaugural addresses of Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama, they discuss what they want done through different styles of writing. However they share similar qualities as well. Barack and Jefferson focus on unification while Reagan focuses on the economy.

Bush uses the first few paragraphs of his speech to introduce several of the people he is working with. The appeals he makes in these lines are excellent examples of ethos, the rhetorical appeal to character. Bush continuously comments on the character of the people around him. He speaks of them as if he knows them very well, almost like old friends. Through this appeal the audience became able to relate to these people and learn a little bit about their character. Some of the people mentioned have large families and are of an honest and selfless nature. Because the speaker’s purpose is to gain support from the constituents for the candidates represented, the appeal to the character of the candidates is a crucial tool that becomes extremely vital to the swaying of the audience to the purposes of the speaker.

With a plan he set out to change how the welfare worked in America, he thought of poverty as "more of a division than as a race," and wanted policies in place to care for those in need (Schultz 2014). The programs

In this essay, I will closely examine the role of ethos, pathos, and logos as they were utilized in the 1992 Presidential Debate video clip. Throughout Clinton and Bush’s debates, they used the three options of persuasion effectively and discretely; however, it is evident that out of the three ways of persuasion, the candidates used ‘pathos’ because of the content they were providing. It was apparent that Bill Clinton was more prepared to display forms of persuasion than George H.W. Bush was because Clinton had prior experience dealing with lower income people. In the upcoming paragraphs, I will explain and analyze how each candidate made use of the three forms of persuasion: logos, pathos, and ethos.

At the very first sentence, he introduces himself as member of congress and the current Republican frontrunner, so that he can appeal to authority that people can believe his words. He usually uses the words which are related to pathos such as protecting our homeland, creating jobs, and reducing the debt. Those words definitely appeals to audience’s emotion. He uses some rhetorical tactics such as antithesis and satire. Through antithesis, he explains that many congress men, who should put more effort on improving economic and national security, are concentrating on their personal job security. Through satire, in one way, he shows that our society is in a full-time job. He uses diverse types of claims such as claims about value, claims of cause and effect, and claims about solutions. Among those claims, especially he uses claims about solution so that he can deliver his exact message what he really wants from people. That message is that people should sign his policy. In fact, his argument is pretty effective because as he says, most members of congress are focusing on raising money.

In a little over one year the people of the United States will elect a new president into office. There are over twenty candidates currently campaigning for the position. Hilary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and Dr. Ben Carson are four I have mainly heard mentioned. Making a decision on who I would want in office has actually not been that difficult. I first narrowed it down between Dr. Ben Carson and Donald Trump. These two candidates are similar in ways but also very different. I personally believe that Dr. Ben Carson is a profound genius. Donald Trump is an intelligent man, but is nothing compared to Dr. Ben Carson. When it comes to speaking the mind Donald Trump gives no filter. Dr. Carson speaks his mind also but does it in a more intelligent meaningful softer way. There are three things that concern me when deciding on who the next president should be. Health care, abortion, and religion are three issues I believe need to be addressed when running for president. After much research on both Dr. Ben Carson and Donald Trump, I was able to make the decision that I believe Dr. Carson is exactly what the United States needs as the next

His overall tone is optimistic because “Obamacare” performs a moral and civic duty that we all must fulfill. He strongly feels that there is a need to provide coverage for any and all people: “I’m in favor of universal coverage as a communitarian proposition: It is a social responsibility that we have --” a clear example of his tone towards the audience, supporting the idea of universal health coverage.

money to the poor. He thinks of them as idle and he states that if

(Intro of topic): In today’s day and age it would be very difficult to find someone who has not heard of the American dream. Although most people have heard of the American dream, if you were to ask a couple people what the phrase means to them, there would probably be very different responses. With all the various interpretations of the American dream out there, it has probably become somewhat difficult to truly understand the meaning behind the phrase. However, no film better portrays what the American dream is than Gran Torino.

“What we are doing is moving from an economy with low wages, high tax and high welfare to an economy where we have higher wages, lower taxes and less welfare.”[5]

He did well, through tying his points to a personal story which helped keep the audience captured.

He says that he was able to work hard and get ahead, to higher his socio-economic status, so everyone should be able to work hard to do the same. Unlike the majority of the individuals polled, he does not believe that there has been any change in the income gap between the rich and poor. He believes that more people should move into a higher bracket and lessen the gap, but states that they do not work hard enough to do so. He also mentions that everyone has the same opportunity in this country and it has always been if you worked hard you moved up. However, he also makes a point to mention that he is unhappy with how the United States Government has been controlling the economy and believes the government is making it so people become stagnant and do not have to work hard to survive.

To recognize the purpose in a speech is important because it helps you to know what the meaning of the speech is. After arriving at Cleveland State University, Paul Ryan stands before his fellow American citizens and informs them about how to escape the war on poverty in America today. Ryan states that, “With a few exceptions, government’s approach has been to spend lots of money on centralized, bureaucratic, top-down anti-poverty programs.” (Paul Ryan). He mentions that the welfare program that the government started, focuses more on providing for anti-poverty programs. He continues to say, “For that amount of money, you could give every poor American a check for $22,000.” (Paul Ryan). Ryan also discusses the equality that we Americans should have in our education system despite where we come from. “African American

Background: what were the circumstances under which the speech was given? Do some research as to why this speech was necessary.

“What we are doing is moving from an economy with low wages, high tax and high welfare to an economy where we have higher wages, lower taxes and less welfare.”[5]