Effects of Historical Context on Rhetoric Whether it is a drastic contrast or minute variation, everyone has different types of selves encompassed within their overall personality, with each subdivision being applicable to different settings. For example, the manner with which you would engage your peers may not necessarily be the same as how you would interact with your superior. When amongst your peers, you may be more insouciant and possibly blithe; however, in the latter of the situations, you may be more formal and assiduous. The act of tailoring one’s persona to one’s audience is an imperative trait of an effective rhetorician. By taking into consideration their surroundings, context, and to whom they are speaking, and they are able to acclimate themselves and their message to where it will be understood well enough to be impactful. Just as you would not use college-level words to explain concepts to a seven year old, you would not use miniscule, elementary words to lecture college students, because, without a precise assimilation of the setting, trying to convey a message is essentially …show more content…
Through mentioning this, Atticus is appealing to the majority of the white jury’s ethical side, in which they feel strongly about their views of racial segregation, and acknowledging the fact that he understands that this code is the social criterion. However, as Atticus gets further in his speech, he applies pathos, where he makes the attempt of having the jury sympathize with or relate to Tom Robinson, referring to him as a “quiet, respectable, humble Negro” and addressing the fact that, though their common belief is that all coloured-people are dishonest, the reality is only some people, regardless of their demographics, can be untrustworthy. Even so, Tom Robinson, in this particular case, is not one of those immoral