“Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children.” The United States was in shock and sorrow. President Obama spoke about the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting. He called his speech, “Hearts Are Broken.” He used ethos, logos, pathos, and other rhetorical devices such as idiom, allusion, and diction in his speech. 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. Logos is an appeal to logic. President Obama used this in his speech. He mentioned, “And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.” He was using …show more content…
He uses this all throughout the speech. He announced, “So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.” President Obama also declared, “This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other how deeply we love one another.” He used emotion to let the audience and families of the victims know that everything was going to be okay and that he was going to help as much as he
“Today our nation joins with you in grief. We mourn with you. We share your hope against hope that some may still survive.” In this statement, he is using a pathos appeal to make his audience feel one with their nation by their shared emotions of remorse and sadness, Oklahoma is not the only state that is grieving. America has lost many sons and daughters. By using the words “grief” and “mourn” Clinton shows how tragic and emotional the current event is and shows that he can interpret and understand exactly what his audience is going through. Clinton reminds them that he will be there for them for every step of the difficult process.
Feelings of concern, compassion, and interest, “Being a president that is willing to come to heart of the tragedy that had just occurred, automatically lifted his character to that of a person who is caring, compassionate, and interested. His sense of eunoia or goodwill was seen throughout his speech,” (Docan.) Other feelings which were shown that day were feelings of sympathy and pity (pathos), “Bush's numerous statements, such as, “The nation sends its love and compassion to everybody who is here”, bring out emotions of pity and sympathy, placing America as the “helpless and harmed”,” (Docan.) He also brought out emotions (pathos) combined with religion (logos), “Bush used an immense amount of religious jargon Phrases such as, “On bended knee in prayer” and “May God bless America,” appealed to both emotions (pathos) and to ways of thought (logos) and religion,” (Docan.) A sense of security was re-established and the American people were reassured that things would turn out fine. This reassurance was seen in the following, “And the people who knocked down these buildings will hear from us soon,” he was not creating fear in American lives, but he was appealing to the fears of whoever knocked down the buildings,” (Docan.)
Ethos is a strategy used to assure the audience of the author’s integrity and character. To begin the speech, Wiesel says “Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends”, he is putting himself and the listeners who were not specifically specified onto the same level, to connect better with them (Wiesel, 1999/16, p. 76). He is showing the audience that he is human and respects everyone, but furthermore does not want anyone to
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).
One of the most detrimental and traumatic events of United States history involves the terrorist attacks on the day of September 11th, in 2001. September 11th is a day countless Americans will never forget. Because our nation encountered such a horrific attack, it was up to our president during the time, President George W. Bush, to address the country. Many Americans suffered loss and fear; therefore, former President George Bush’s goal was to heal and comfort the nation by persuading them to see the light within the darkness. Bush’s speech was a success because he showed America’s togetherness and solidarity by creating an emotional connection to the audience; moreover, by responding appropriately to the attacks, he presented himself with a leadership and role no one else could take.
Ethos means credibility. In this speech there are a lot of things Martin Luther King Jr. used to make it credible and trustworthy. He uses the Bible, the Gettysburg Address, and
In President Bush’s Address to the Nation Speech the day after September 11 (9/11) in 2001, President Bush wants to inform the country of this tragic event and what was going to happen for the country. President Bush uses rhetorical devices to captures the audience’s attention and to reach this purpose. President Bush mainly use pathos, logos, anaphoras, and personifications to achieve his purpose.
President Clinton delivers this message in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but he is delivering the message to the community around the bombing and Americans. This is because the speech was recorded and televised. Although, he does appeal directly to the audience actually around him with a quote from the governor’s wife, Mrs. Keating, “"If anybody thinks that Americans are mostly mean and selfish, they ought to come to Oklahoma. If anybody thinks Americans have lost the capacity for love and caring and courage, they ought to come to Oklahoma" (Clinton, 2008).
the face of uncertainty, the audacity of hope. In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation.” This statement is effective in its appeal to his audience’s sense of ethos. It also appeals to those who are followers of God, and shows his support for them. Obama’s relative use of diction and syntax to evoke both ethos in pathos in his audience is what accounts for the overall success of this speech.
Logos can be recognized in Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech when he used logic to convince the audience. Logically speaking about death, Steve Jobs convinced the audience to spend their time wisely because they will not live forever. After speaking about when he was told he had an incurable form of cancer and then later found out it was actually a rare cancer that was curable, Jobs said, “Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.” Jobs had been in a place where he thought he was going to face death, and it gave him a greater understanding
President Obama, like all Presidents before him, delivered a farewell address to the United States on January 20, 2017. As he stepped down as President he was eloquent and it was as clear as ever that he is a master of oration. Obama will go down in history as the first Black President as well as a strong orator who had the ability to captivate an audience through his use of ethos, pathos and logos amongst other rhetorical devices. His farewell address is a perfect example of Obama’s mastery of discourse as it is chock full of oratorical devices. Obama’s message to the American people and to the rest of the world is that it is essential that we maintain a sense of what it means to have a democracy and that in order to maintain peace and
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.
The first thing Obama does in his speech is mention the events of 9/11. He recalls it as a “the worst attack on the American people in our history.” He continues giving his audience a idea of a horrible event full of death. He is using a form of rhetoric known as pathos. He does this to pull on people’s emotions getting their attention and reminding them of the past. By doing this Obama unites peoples thoughts making them think the same thing and re-ignite the American people’s urge for revenge on Al Qaeda.
“Good-bye,” is strange word with many meanings. It is a very powerful word that can draw upon many emotions, most of them involving sorrow. Obama gave his final farewell speech before leaving office. In it he addresses his fellow Americans, thanking them and saying how honored he was to be their President. He talked about his many accomplishments and how they were only able to be done because of the people. He made connections with the people he was talking to, all whom were very sad he was leaving. In his speech he included the people, letting it be known that none of his accomplishments would have been possible without them. With those connections, he reached out to his audience, spoke about his life growing up, and about his political career.
Throughout the speech, Obama uses pathos to produce an emotion-driven response from America, but more specifically, Arizona State University Class of 2009. For instance, he states, “For many of you, these