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Barack Obama Ethos Pathos Logos

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Barack Obama was president of the united states and he believed that everyone had the ability to be successful but they had to work at it. He is trying to convince the children of America that to be successful you must work hard in school. His father was not in his life either and he knows how difficult it can be. He stated all that in his back to school speech using ethos, pathos, and logos although I am not that sure his speech was that effective.
Barack Obama appeals to ethos by sharing his stories of slacking off in school. “I know – because I didn’t always have it. I wasn’t always the best student when I was younger; I made my share of mistakes. In fact, I can still remember a conversation I had with my mother in high school, when I was …show more content…

“Being a teenager isn’t easy. It’s a time when we’re wrestling with a lot of things. When I was your age, I was wrestling with questions about who I was; about what it meant to be the son of a white mother and a black father, and not having that father in my life.” “I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.” Obama tries to let the other kids feel like Obama knows what they are going through and have them be sympathetic and agree with …show more content…

There are plenty of people who really work hard in life and never reach their goals. Just because he became president, it does not mean that any kid who tries to be president by working really hard in school will be. He is making false promises, yes these kids can be successful “but you can’t always get what you want”. They need to be prepared in case they do not succeed. He should be careful when speaking about kids being poor or having a single parent because that is a very touchy subject and will more likely just further depress kids then make them do better in school. Obama needs to watch his words better next time. And make a better

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He even uses an anecdote to illustrate the children during the shooting to show himself being moved by the scenario. Hurting right alongside Americans, not as a president, but as a parent wanting to protect his children saying, grief stricken, “we have wept with you. We’ve pulled our children tight (Lee)¨. The purpose of the speech is a call to action to enact gun laws, but President Obama recognized that this scenario could have been prevented with guns in the hands of protectors instead of threats. So to counteract this, he identified himself with the parents who want to ferociously protect their children even if that means using guns, then with a remarkable explanation that with the path we are going on, nothing will change and we will forever be in fear of the children of this country being shot down in a safe place. Saying, “And in that way we come to realize that we bear responsibility for every child, because we’re counting on everybody else to help look after ours, that we’re all parents, that they are all our children......

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Using this quote gave the readers a sense of the main idea, which was about racism. This helped to further improve the quality of Obama’s topic and support the points he was about to make. Then goes to give a brief information about Obama’s speech. He then began with his four rhetorical strategies, starting with allusion.

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“I get it. I know what it’s like. ”(Obama 70) This piece of evidence succeeds at ethos because he is relating to the kids who have daily challenges in their lives. More evidence with ethos is on 70, “ Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell

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The repetition of “and then another one” in this quote emphasizes America’s habitual consistency in digressing from the real issues, like racism, and how this habit fruitless. However, Obama states that “we can come together and say, "Not this time."” Throughout paragraphs 48-51, President Obama uses anaphora when he says, “This time we want to talk about how,” before he mentions different issues of the nation. In paragraph 52, Obama reintroduces pathos, saying, “I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country.” Then he continues, “And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.”

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The first statement that Obama makes is that “America is a country of strong families and strong values” (The Living Room Candidate). This is already telling the audience that he

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At the beginning of his speech, he conveys emotion through telling his own story and putting the audience in his shoes. He states “On the one hand he is born in the shadow of the stars and stripes and he is assured it represents a nation which has never lost a war. He pledges allegiance to that flag which guarantees "liberty and justice for all. " He is part of a country in which anyone can become President, and so forth”. This shows the audience how African American children feel when living in a country made on the premise of equality, but feeling anything but equal to their Caucasian peers.

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The 44th and first African American President, Barack Obama, in his Inaugural Address, promotes a call to action. Obama’s purpose is to express his gratitude for his opportunity to become president and discuss his plans for economic advancement. In order to reach the American people of the U.S., Obama adopts a serious and thought-provoking tone to urge them to support his plans for advancement. During this time of economic crisis, Obama clearly conveys to the American people through his use of metaphor, allusion, and anaphora, that it is time to take a stand and make a change in America.

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On September 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia, President Barack Obama issued a “Back to School” speech. In this speech, he outlined the importance of a student’s education and how it may reflect on their future. President Obama plans to encourage students to try their hardest in the upcoming school year by convincing them to “put their best effort into everything that they do” no matter how challenging life may get at times. Succeeding in school is not always easy due to other challenges in life, but it is definitely not impossible. Growing up, Barack was raised by a single mother who did not have loads of money to send him to school with the other American children.

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This is a great way to make his statements. Obama sets a logical argument when addressing the audience. He says this at the beginning of his speech. “Each of us has deeply held beliefs. And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy…

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