Pearl Harbor Ethos Pathos Logos

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Franklin D. Roosevelt shook the United States with the shocking information of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He used ethos, pathos, and logos to sway the American citizens and the congress to want to declare war on Japan for their unforgivable actions. This speech was being given so that the people of America would want to get revenge on the Japanese because of the attack they made for no logical reason. FDR was mad and eager to get his revenge. FDR uses pathos to build up the emotion in the audience and make it feel more personal towards them. “I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost”. This makes them feel sympathy for the people who were killed and gives them a logical reason to want to declare war on Japan. Another