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Summary Of Meaning By Clare Boothe Luce

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When people are told that they are doing something wrong, even if they do not show it externally, internally it hurts a little. Clare Boothe Luce is about to criticize a group of journalists, people who most likely went to college and majored in this field of study. Before Luce begins her critique, she wants her audience to remember that she herself did not choose to do this, but the audience picked her to critique them. With that being said, Luce is allowed to “throw rocks” at the audience and they should not be upset by it, that does not mean they will not be though. In Luce’s introduction to her speech, she warns her audience of journalists that they picked her to come and criticize them. As the journalists already know this, Luce still wants to remind them so their feelings are not hurt and so the audience does not have negative thoughts towards Luce because Luce is basically about to tell them they are not doing their job correctly and that they, “asked for it!” Luce knows that, even at the audience’s invitation, when criticized, and enthusiastic nor a …show more content…

Even though Luce will be telling them what they do wrong, Luce lets them know that they understand what to do and that it is very difficult, they just have not learned but she will teach them. Also, Luce states that “if there is much that is wrong with the American press, there is also much that is right with it.” When saying this, Luce lets the audience know that although there are things that they are doing wrong, there are also things that they are doing right. By saying this, Luce gives the audience a dose of confidence before going into her speech and

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She casts herself as a “rock thrower” to her fellow journalists in order to demonstrate the immense positive possibility of her message but also the perils of delivering the aforementioned message. She chooses to analogize her situation with one of a rock-thrower in order to capture her audience’s emotions and lessen their potential anger at the criticisms she leads on to deliver during the body of her speech. Consequently, her analogy is also a light-hearted statement of self-deprecation, which persuades her audience to listen to her speech rather than simply treat it as mindless banter and ignore it. Luce goes on to mention the fact that the subject she would be discussing is of “great national significance”, in the hopes that her audience realizes just how necessary her criticisms would be later on and that they would take to heart some of the improvements they could undertake. She phrases her analogy in such a way as to convince her audience to devote their whole attention her speech despite their potential disdain for her critiques; however, she chose the best possible strategy for this purpose because the particular choice of diction in her analogy about being a rock-thrower effectively displayed to her audience that her position was one of positive influence yet great danger.

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American journalist and politician, Clare Boothe Luce, in her opening speech at the 1960 Women’s National Press Club meeting, prepares her audience, qualifying and defending her forthcoming criticism. Luce’s purpose is to provoke thought in the journalist’s minds on what journalism is really about at its core. She adopts a frank and humorous tone to best capture the attention of her intended audience of female journalists. Through, appealing to the ethos, logos, and pathos with flattery, syllogism, and rhetorical questioning to prepare the audience for her message: “the tendency of the American press to sacrifice journalistic integrity in favor of the perceived public demand for sensationalist stories.” In the first paragraph of her speech, Luce assures the audience that “[she is] happy and flattered to be a guest of honor…”

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