How Did Nathaniel Hawthorne Write A Rhetorical Analysis Of The President

When somebody has power, it is interesting to see what kind of person they are, how they look, and how they manage themselves. Nathaniel Hawthorne got the opportunity to meet the president in 1862 as a working class voter with the Massachusetts manufacturers. The president, Abraham Lincoln, made an impact on Hawthorne and resulted in this passage. The careful analyzation of the president by Hawthorne reveals his thoughts about the President. Nathaniel Hawthorne used various rhetorical strategies to portray his views of the president. Hawthorne used his diction and syntax, metaphor, imagery, and ethos and pathos to make his readers understand his attitude toward the president.The diction and syntax Hawthorne uses is what brings his piece

Hawthorne uses long sentences to allow for as much description as possible. At points, it seems that he is benevolent to discover more about the man. His writing only included fifteen sentences, but the number of words in each sentence averaged forty-seven. The author’s use of more conjunctions than needed (at least 10 semicolons) in order to make his sentences longer shows that there is always something to add and more to the person than he believed there to be. He uses sophisticated language such as, “personage”, “magistrate”, and “supernumeraries” all throughout the first paragraph to show that even without explicitly saying the word “president” this person is important and ought to be respected. His writing indicates that Hawthorne believes that the president is a much higher power than himself. Thus, Hawthorne validates that, as president, there are expectations for the president’s behavior and appearance. The diction and syntax that Hawthorne presents in his writing show evidence of a will to learn more about the president than he knew before. Hawthorne also makes use of metaphors to further his

He begins with a general idea and then later in the passage he goes to the specific details. At first, he describes the president as a “loose-jointed figure” and “the homeliest man I ever saw” when he first comes down the stairs, then Hawthorn goes more into the personality of Lincoln before coming back to his physical appearance. Hawthorne describes him in what he is wearing; showing a rather sullen image using words such as, “rusty”, “unbrushed”, and “dark and sallow” to describe him. This imagery paints quite a daunting portrait of Lincoln, but then Hawthorne employs juxtaposition to contradict his sullen appearance. The author focuses on Lincoln’s eyes where he notes that the look is “kindly though serious,” which has a positive impact on Hawthorne as this “redeemed, illuminated, softened, and brightened,” his attitude toward Lincoln. This shows that even though Lincoln may act and appear much differently than the usual president, he still has what it takes to be a likable president and get things done. In order get this point across, Hawthorne conveys an appeal to ethics and