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Rhetorical Analysis Of Man Take First Steps On The Moon

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The purpose of the text, “Man Take First Steps on the Moon,” is to inform the reader about the first man to step foot upon the moon which was Neil Armstrong. This is said in the first line when it states, “Neil Armstrong became the first man to take a walk on the moon’s surface early today.” The speaker of this passage is the editor who wrote this article which is an editor, or writer, from the Times of London news team. The audience of this passage is the reader who is reading the passage from their newspaper. This is due to how not everyone will be reading their article but could be reading someone else’s article. The subject of this particular piece of literary work is Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. This is due to how someone …show more content…

This speech would have been given only if the mission was not a complete success and the voyagers were marooned on the moon. The speaker of this passage would have been Richard Nixon since he would have given the speech, however, he was not the one who wrote it. The audience of this speech would have been the general mass since he would have to give the speech in front of millions of people. The subject of this speech is the death of the voyagers only if they had died on the moon. This text appeals to ethos by how it states that the men will stay on the moon and gave the names of the voyagers. This speech appeals to pathos by how it says the whole country would mourn the heroes. Also, it states that every American who would look up at the moon at night, would know that there are men resting in peace on the moon. This speech appeals to logos by how it states that other men will follow in the voyagers’ footsteps, but return home. This speech would have met its purpose due to how it would have stated that the men will rest in peace and informing the country of the men stuck on the …show more content…

In the picture it shows a man on the moon above war, poverty, and prejudice. The speaker for this cartoon is the artist himself who is Herb Lock. The intended audience are people who would actually understand the cartoon. If a viewer did not understand the cartoon, they would not understand Lock's view on the subject. The subject of this cartoon is to show how stepping on the moon was the first step for man to achieve total greatness. This text appeals to ethos by how the artists illustrates war upon the world. This was drawn during an era where a civilization was still rebuilding after World War II. This cartoon appeals to logos by how it shows a man on the moon after a man had set foot onto the moon prior to this drawing. The cartoon drawn by Lock appeals to pathos by how in this drawing, you can clearly see how Lock felt with the world. He drew war and poverty because he knew how there were still wars being fought at the time and even today. You can see a man being very peaceful with his television on the moon where no war or poverty exists. This cartoon achieves its purpose of informing the reader how the world will end up. This drawing depicts that the world will end up in war and poverty and the only way to escape these tragedies is to move to the moon to restart

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