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Rhetorical Analysis Of Duty Honor Country By General Macarthur

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Duty, Honor, Country, Forever! Every profession contains exemplars, human examples of the best possible person to represent the occupation. General MacArthur’s speech Duty Honor Country reflects the life and career of one of the most distinguished soldiers of the twentieth century. This speech outlines a moral code of chivalry and conduct for current and future service men. MacArthur’s main goal as a soldier was protecting his nation, respecting his nation, and prospering in his nation. These three goals support MacArthur’s whole philosophy: “Duty, Honor, Country”. Through the usage of rhetorical devices, General MacArthur points to the idea that all American soldiers should defend this country and advance this country by the method of MacArthur’s …show more content…

MacArthur’s speech shows a lengthy list of jobs to achieve by the use of parallelism: “We speak in strange terms: of harnessing the cosmic energy; of making winds and tides work for us… of mining ocean floors…of space ships to the moon” (MacArthur 3). These tasks that Macarthur believes are imperative show a need for a country with citizens who respect and have courage towards the country. MacArthur uses this parallelism to explain how a nation can only make advancements and improvements by following his moral code. MacArthur also uses the repition of his moral code, “Duty, Honor, Country” (MacArthur 1) to prove his point of having dedication and pride for the country. General MacArthur over and over states how without these three things this nation will not be able to survive the test of time. MacArthur also employs the use of logos to appeal to the audience, “We speak in strange terms: of harnessing the cosmic energy; of making winds and tides work for us; of creating unheard synthetic materials to supplement or even replace our old standard basics; to purify sea water for our drink; of mining ocean floors for new fields of wealth and food; And through all this welter of change and development, your mission remains fixed, determined, inviolable: it is to win our wars” (MacArthur 4). The use of logos by MacArthur here explains that no matter what these soldiers may be going through, their main goal should always be to protect and serve the United States of America from all harm that may come our way. Through the paper MacArthur uses logos to establish the role of a soldier during this

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