President Whitmore Speech Ethos Pathos Logos

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In the speech that the Whitmore gives, he is saying how everyone should come together and put aside their differences or else we all die. He wants the people to fight not just for them but for the world. The president is asking people to unite as one to create the chance of survival. He uses pathos, logos, and ethos in his speech to get people’s attention and to motivate them. When Whitmore says “mankind- that word should have a new meaning for all of us today.” He is using pathos to get the shock that they aren’t alone anymore through people’s mind. And that they need to realize that there might not be a mankind after today if we don’t come together as one species to fight. At the end of his speech he says “We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive!” Once again he is using pathos to get people pumped up, triggering that excitement, that rush feeling of fight or flight. “Perhaps it’s fate that today is the 4th of July.” He is getting that emotional appeal of its suppose to be a holiday and we are celebrating but after today we will celebrate today not only as our holiday but the world’s holiday of fighting and taking back their freedom from aliens. …show more content…

He says “you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution - but from annihilation.” He is saying that we once fought for our freedom now we are doing it again but from a bigger threat. He is using why we fought for our freedom before and saying that this is why we are fighting now. The president use to be a fighter jet pilot, so when he steps up to talk about “launching the largest aerial battle ever” He gets the attention of ex-pilots that volunteer to join and help as the military is short on