Intro: In “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, Nietzsche establishes two categories of people: The last man and the overman. According to Nietzsche, the last men are the oppressed masses while the overman is a much superior being with good qualities we will probably never attain. Through pathos, Nietzsche fulfills the goal the character Zarathrustra was desperately trying to achieve, communicating to the masses the danger of being an eternal last man. Nietzsche uses reverse psychology by finding human weaknesses and using them to his advantage. He recognizes and utilizes the selfish human desire for superiority to spread his message. He is able to reach weak-minded individuals by instilling emotion into his words. Nietzsche understands the craving for …show more content…
One's desire to stand out is not as prevalent as it was before. An individual reading this story would be afraid to be one of the people in the market place and potentially miss a life changing message. He focuses on pointing out many ways in which the human kind isn’t reaching its full potential, especially through metaphors : “ there cometh a time when man will no longer launch the arrow of his longing beyond man– and the string of his bow will have unlearned to whizz!” The last part of that quote is the most impactful (page 8, Nietzsche). Unlearning how to “despise himself” in a good manner, eventually overtime if reaching one's destiny becomes unattainable, and is established as a standard, no one in society will stand out, we will live in a uniform world in which no one will critique their own weaknesses and try to become a better individual (Page 8, Nietzsche). The effects are irreversible; humanity will then enter an era of losing interest in becoming free, and gaining interest in equality. They will then have no more role models to follow once the species of risk taking individuals grows old and leaves behind a world of last men. The last men's need for Drama! Nietzsché’s mechanism of getting the masses to understand was successful; he writes this story of Zarathustra’s journey, with plenty of side plots. Specifically relating to the last men: Zarathrustras down going from the mountain, the Buffoon, and the old saint in the forest, were all for a purpose. He knows how humans need drama or “something interesting” to indulge in. There is this suspense as to what Zarathustra's journey will lead to, and now we know it led to utter