Mary Fisher Ethos Pathos Logos

“Two hundred thousand Americans are dead or dying. A million more are infected. Worldwide, forty million, sixty million, or a hundred million infections will be counted in the coming years” (American Rhetoric: Mary Fisher -- 1992 Republican National Convention Address). Mary Fisher, who is a Political activist, delivers a speech on August 19, 1992 at the Republican National Convention that addresses the matter of the Aids epidemic that is going on in the country. She became a spokesperson for HIV and Aids when she contracted the virus from her second husband in 1991. From the moment that when the virus had affected herself and her family; in fact, Fisher has been more determined to prevent the spread of Aids and to assist others to be

She says, “I want my children to know that their mother was not a victim” (3). In this speech she uses ethos by saying, “Tonight, I represent an AIDS community whose members have been reluctantly drafted from every segment of American Society” (1). She is saying that she represents anyone who has AIDS. Fisher is also credible to talk about this subject because of when she says, “In the place of judgement, they have shown affection” (2). Fisher is talking about how President Bush and Mrs. Bush have treated Fisher and her family no different then a person with AIDS or HIV. Mary Fisher is believable in the speech and able to relate to many different people, who either have AIDS or are HIV positive, also people who have a family member that is struggling with this disease.

According to Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer, ethos is a type of ethical appeal establishing the speaker’s credibility or character and expertise as persuasive techniques (…). Throughout, Evicted Matthew Desmond employs ethos to gain and reinforce his knowledge and expertise on the subject, to prove his reliability as a

In this paper, I will dispute that in Mary Fisher 's "A Whisper of AIDS" speech, the use of pathos and ethos assists in her demand to end the ignorance, prejudice and silence surrounding HIV/AIDS. I will discuss how she replaces the "face" of AIDS with her own, allowing the conservative crowd to connect with HIV/AIDS. Fisher approaches the speech as an epidemic speech; heavily relying on ethos and pathos she created compassion and connection to an audience that usually shows disinterest and silence on the topic of HIV/AIDS. This paper will also discuss the logos within Fisher 's speech, and how she cleverly surrounds the logos of her argument with pathos and ethos. Although, Fisher has approached the speech as an epidemic, she holds a strong pervasive argument within the speech.

Angels in America examines the spread AIDS throughout the 1980s and the ways that people reacted towards it. It’s “a serious play about politics, history, spirituality, and death...It was not only an attack on 1980s Reaganism, but also on the conservative movement of the U.S. politics and culture since the end of World War II” (Bronski 58). Angels in America represents an act of resistance and asks the audience whether change is possible. This question takes on a whole new meaning for the audience, who has the added benefit of hindsight.

He wanted to bring the nation together. Ethos is an appeal to ethics. President Obama uses ethos in this speech. He states, “May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.” He is using ethics by trying to convince the audience that he is a Christian.

The purpose of this speech was to make the audience aware of the reality of AIDS. At the time that the speech was given, many people were uninformed about the subject of AIDS because they simply believed that it would not affect them. Fisher, was a non-stereotypical AIDS victim, and attempted to warn the audience that this disease could affect anyone. She ultimately achieved this purpose by telling the audience,

To further expand, Fisher put forth the situation that people experience but are overshadowed with fear to express it because of the prejudice concerning the matter of AIDS. In addition, she expresses the claim to make the audience realize that the expression of society is only hindered by the prejudice created by it.

The fight for HIV and AIDS continues. Fisher tells the Republican Party “to recognize that AIDS virus is not a political creature. It does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican. ”(Page 1) As Mary Fisher explains HIV and AIDS are sexual transmitted disease; a disease does not look for a specific person but any person with a beating heart. The information Mary Fisher interprets HIV and AIDS is by saying that everyone has a risk of getting infected by this deadly disease that has plagued many homes, taken many lives.

Mary fisher speech was focused on the facts about HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS has been around from many years starting from the years 1981. In the months in the year 1981, young gay men were being diagnosed with Kaposis sarcoma, which is a rare form of cancer, and pneumocystis carinii, which is a rare form of lung infection. Although a name was not known for this virus that was infected by many, those who were gay were stereotyped and thought to be the only ones able to contract this disease till others started getting infected that weren’t gay nor male. Those with AIDS were treated like animals and looked down at. One example I read of this is of a couple who was evicted by there landlord because they were gay and when they contact the social service employers,

The speech given by Mary Fisher, delivered on August 19, 1992, presented at the Republican Party convention in Houston Texas and broadcasted live on TV worldwide, remains a speech to remember. A mother who is HIV positive after contracting it from her husband, created this speech for better understanding of HIV/AID’s. Making this speech enlightens her children and others to cease living their life in fear of being stereotyped as the people with this disease. Mary Fisher started out by stating “I want your attention, not your applause.” Proceeding soon after this statement, “The reality of AID’s is brutally clear.” This speech was exceedingly successful; HIV/AID’s continue to be a present danger in today’s society. Presenting herself as just another ordinary

Mary Fisher, an American political activist, author, and artist, has survived a fatal disease, and who lives to support those who suffer the mutual virus known as H.I.V. or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. She spreads awareness of the outbreak through the use of speeches, campaigns, and volunteer opportunities. Her most famous speech, which defined her as a political icon, was titled “A Whisper of AIDS”. The speech was delivered at the Republican National Convention, on August 19, 1992, in Houston, Texas. The AIDS rife entered the United States in 1989 and was most common among homosexual men, or African Americans, but began to represent a growing threat to women by 1992. However, citizens of America unassociated with the disease, were still accustomed to the early reputation of the disease, formulating their biased opinions. The American populace of the time had set their focus on the Presidential race, which included choosing delegates and following certain campaigns, along with new innovations such as email and electronic communication, creating a developmental state of mind for the population of America. Mary Fisher’s speech overviews the necessity of banishing the known stereotypes related to the disease and creating the new face of AIDS. The purpose of “A Whisper of AIDS” is to inform people of the disease and to motivate the individuals with the ability to help to be more involved. Given the historical context of the AIDS epidemic in America, and Mary

AIDS is a subject no one wants to talk about, yet it’s still there spreading more and more. Aids and HIV is not something that many people like to talk about and the people with it are thrown to the side because they have a disease. People with HIV and Aids did not choose this, so why treat them as if they wanted this to happen? Mary Fisher an “American political activist, artist, and author” caught HIV from her second husband and then decided to become a speaker for those with HIV and Aids( "Mary Fisher (activist)"). Fisher has kids and a “lonely gay man” for a ex-husband( "Mary Fisher (activist)"). However, she still has to deal with the same things and treatment everyone else does. In one of her speeches “A Whisper of Aids” she talks about how people with aids/HIV are treated, what they go through, and how we could help fix that. She uses her experience and knowledge on Aids and HIV. Furthermore; Fisher gives her advice and lets people know how she feels. She talks about her experience and the way others are treated with the use of strong logos, ethos, and pathos.

A Whisper of AIDS was delivered on August 19th 1992 at the Republican National Convention Address in Houston, Texas. Mary Fisher the daughter of the wealthy and powerful Republican fund raiser Max Fisher conducted her speech on the dangers of HIV and AIDS. A forty-four year old HIV positive mother of two was infected with this disease through her ex-husband. Fisher said throughout her speech “I would never have asked to be HIV positive, but I believe that in all things there is a purpose”. During the year of 1992, millions of people were infected with this disease but were ashamed to speak publicly about the issue. Fisher knew that in order to change federal polices outlook

In America today, HIV has token the lives of multiple individuals. The public health system and government are hindering research, care, sex education, drugs and HIV awareness to the public, which is causing the demise of humanity due to this deadly disease. Elizabeth Pisani, an independent researcher and analyst of the Ted talk, Sex, drugs and HIV-let's get rational is a fearlessly outspoken women trying to educate the public on the world-wide failure to understand and manage the reality of HIV epidemic, decrying the difficult roles that revenue, votes, and social media play in the public health organization. Pisani became an assumption busting independent researcher, polling transgendered sex workers, drug addicts and others to illuminate the surprising, and often ignored demographics that belie traditional studies. In this Ted talk, Pisani uses logos, pathos, and ethos on her audience to get the point across on the spread prevention of HIV.