Rhetorical Analysis Of Malcom X's The Ballot Or The Bullet

A great leader must be able to envision the future and convince others that it is worth following their footsteps to make a positive change. Malcolm X possess these traits: emotional stability, dominance, enthusiasm, conscientiousness, social boldness, tough-mindedness, maturity, team-orientated, empathy, and charisma, which makes him such an outstanding leader. He is a prominent and controversial black leader and an activist that advocates black pride. Malcolm X through his “Ballot Or The Bullet” speech challenges the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of making a change. The rhetoric in Malcolm X highlights political corruption and the racial tensions in the United States. His beliefs differ to that of Martin Luther

Malcolm X’s “The Ballot of the Bullet” opened the eyes to many African Americans on the political parties and the treatment towards minority voters in the past. “This is the year when all of the white politicians are going to come into the Negro community. You never see them until election time. You can’t find them until election time. They’re going to come in with false promises, and as they make these false promises they're going to feed our frustrations and this will only serve to make matters worse.”X, Malcolm. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 03, April, 1964. What Malcolm X was saying in this line right here I believe is true most political parties only seem to care about the community when there

Are you an African American? Well, then you have a hard time with America. The excerpt “Message to Grassroots” tells a story of how African Americans are mistreated by the White man and are considerably the problem in America. Malcolm X argued that African Americans are the problem in America and that the White man is the common enemy of African Americans. Malcolm X used some rhetorical devices like irony and analogies and tried to appeal to the reader by using all three of the modes of persuasion and trying to touch our emotions.

Is history repeating itself or has nothing really changed to begin with? In Malcolm X’s speech “The Ballot or the Bullet,” he makes a number of arguments discussing the racial inequalities in America. X’s speech is primarily centered around pushing African Americans to take advantage of their right to vote. He stresses the importance of black nationalism and building unity within African American communities. He also stated in his speech that in order to see change, African Americas must take a more aggressive approach to end oppression. Civil rights leaders like Malcom X have fought long and hard to end racial injustice in America, “The Ballot or the Bullet” was an essential part of the civil rights movement and opened many people’s eyes to

Through his use of pathos, Malcolm X triggers real emotions by targeting the people whose lives are spent in jail. He establishes his pathos by using other rhetorical devices like, opposition, imagery,

April 3, 1964, Malcolm X gives his well renowned speech; The Ballot or the Bullet in Cleveland Ohio. His purpose behind the speech is to encourage African-Americans of the United States to stand up to the unfair treatment that he believes they receive. Throughout the speech, Malcolm X creates an ambition in the audience, encouraging change through the numerous uses of ethos, logos, and pathos. Malcolm X uses his personal experiences to show the audience that he has experienced the same negativity that they do everyday. X suggests everyone should be treated equally; religion, gender and race aside. His audience was made up of a majority of African-Americans, he uses the common ground of wanting to achieve equal treatment to show his audience he is on the same side as them. Through the organization of the speech, it is rhetorically effective. He practices the phrase “The Ballot or the Bullet” which uses repetition, forcing listeners to remember the phrase which later becomes more effective. X begins using ethos by introducing himself, immediately gaining the attention of the audience as well as respect of the audience. X then makes the current problem in the African-American community extremely clear to the audience, this is his use of pathos, where he engages them in his thought process and bringing them in using emotion. The speech uses rhetoric to emotionally and logically

Malcom X gives his speech during a time in American history when equality and civil rights between blacks and whites had not yet been established. Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X also fought for the civil rights of Black Americans in the 1960s, but using different tactics. Malcom X was angry that Congress had opposed bills that were intended to support the equality and civil liberties of African Americans. In the North, where Blacks were allowed to vote, White politicians came to Black communities with promises they did not intend to keep in exchange for black votes. Malcom X urged the African American community to fight in order to gain the equal rights they deserved, by either through immediate grant of the vote (the ballot) and if denied the vote, blacks should engage in violent opposition to the white rule (the bullet). Malcom X’s stature as a civil rights leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam helped strengthen these appeals.

In the book, “A Gathering of Old Men”, by Ernest J. Gaines, there are some events that corresponds to issues Malcom X responds to in his speech “The Ballot or the Bullet”. Mathu’s believes in his respect as an equal person and gains it by not fearing white people. However, the preacher Jameson fears the whites and is scared of the consequences of standing up to them. In the book, times have changed and racism is slowly dying.

In New York City on March 22 1964, Malcolm X delivered his speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet.” Malcolm X, a minister of the Nation of Islam and revolutionary advocator of nationalism in the black community, imparted this speech with the intent to reach the black population in a time of change. The adept use of ethos, pathos, and logos to build and maintain a compelling argument, brings about a call to action and firmly conveys his ideas within the black population. Within ethos, pathos, and logos, the implication of elevated language, loaded words, and logical statements, attains a sense of credibility, assurance, and cogency.

On the other hand, in his speech “Ballot or the Bullet,” Malcolm X challenged the political legitimacy of the government government in America, where authority is granted by citizens through democracy. He criticized the hypocrisy of America treatment of blacks as “second class citizens” equating the treatment to “20th century slavery.” In spite of the proclamation that all men are created equal as written in the Declaration of Independence from the British monarchy, almost a century after Hobbes’ death, guarantees of civil rights and liberties as outlined in our Constitution

On April 12, 1964 Malcolm X, born Malcom Little, delivered his famous Ballot or the Bullet speech before of crowd in Detroit, Michigan. The speech, was Malcom’s way of appealing to the black community to come to self-realization and uplift themselves. In his speech, the noted civil rights leader presents the three core philosophies of Black Nationalism: political, economic and social. This essay will provide an in-depth analysis of the three core philosophies of the Black Nationalism Movement and assess how these same issues affect us today.

Rhetorical Analysis of Artifact: The Ballot or the Bullet Speech Given by Malcolm X I. Introduction: Though almost half a century has passed, the Civil Rights Movement remains one freshly imprinted in not only the history books of US schools but also in the minds of countless Americans. Albeit, American society has come quite a ways in the acceptance of the individual - regardless of sex, age, creed or ethnicity - prejudices of different sorts are still to be found throughout every one of the united states of America. The Civil Rights Movement fought to overcome the racial inequalities inherent and ingrained in the minds of America's citizens and the government which they oversaw; it was

In American history there has always been change, and there has always been leaders that push for change, changing the course of history to what it is today. During one of the most influential eras in United States history, the American Civil Rights Movement is what shaped what is now the modern era, stepping stone for increasing equality and societal justice among the American people. In Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech, Malcom uses rhetorical appeals, metaphors, and syntax to express his thoughts on the civil rights movement in order to provide equality for all.

Malcolm’s speech “Ballot or the Bullet” is considered one of greatest speeches the civil rights movement. It is ranked number seven greatest speech of the twentieth century. Throughout his speech, Malcolm X's use of rhetorical devices work very well at rallying the crowd. The speeches starts off with Malcolm telling the audience that he is a Muslim who follows the religion of Islam. He then states his religion has no negative effect on his passion for the civil rights movement and he is not trying to change anyone’s religion.

The article provides an argument of racism, reform, and the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Subjects reviewed consist of civil rights movement, worry related to the expansion of racism in the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement, strategies of freedom, and opposition between the election and violent rebellion (Powell, 2016). In 1964, Malcolm X proclaimed it was the year of the ballot or the bullet. Through the passion that expressed him as a man and his narrative, he debated that if something was not put into action soon, that society would have to concur that people would either use force to get their voices heard or execute their rights as Americans to vote in the upcoming election. There were no in between options, it