Rhetorical Analysis Of Terrance Mann's Speech In The Field Of Dreams

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Terrance Mann’s speech in The Field of Dreams has great rhetorical value. It was a heart to heart speech with deep emotional meaning. Terrance Mann is speaking to Ray, and trying to convince him to follow his dreams of building a baseball paradise on his fallow land in Iowa. Ray is in deep consideration of what the right decision is, because of his financial predicament. Mann makes his opinion very clear, with a serious, demanding tone. Mann accomplishes his purpose by using rhetorical appeals, the situation, and by using a plethora of rhetorical devices. The first way Mann gets his point across is by using rhetorical appeals. He primarily uses pathos when speaking to Ray. Mann says for example, “It will remind us of what was once good” (Field