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Examples Of Ethos In The Letter Of Gandhi

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Can one man really change the way that a government thinks and change they way it works? Well Mohandas Gandhi tries to do just this. Gandhi uses ethos and logos in ¨Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin¨ tries to convince the British government to get rid of salt tax and make India independent. To begin with, Gandhi uses ethos, which is persuading with trust, to try and convince the British. An example in the letter of Gandhi using ethos is when he states, ¨I have no desire to cause you unnecessary embarrassment or any at all so far as i can help.¨ This quote from the letter shows us that Gandhi is trying to gain Lord Irwin's trust by saying that he does not want to embarrass the British government, he just want what is best for India. Gandhi does
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