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Rhetorical Analysis Of The Speech 'I Express My Shame'

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In Gerhard’s speech, “I express my shame” the speaker is deeply sadden by the German’s actions during World War II. He voice how he is hurt by the evil deeds that were committed by his own race. Through persuasives strategies he wants to inform people that not everyone supported the German’s action during the war. He is ashamed that these doings can never be erased in the pages of history. His personal connections to the holocaust gives his speech a more emotional effect.

When people tend to have a personal connection with something major in history . It will always have an emotional effect amongst the audience, especially when it’s something as devastating as the Holocaust. Gerhard being a German himself obviously has some connections
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