Summary Of On Surrender At Bear Claw Mountain

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Both “On Surrender at Bear Claw Mountain, 1877” by Chief Joseph and “On Women’s Right to Vote” by Susan B. Anthony are captivating speeches on the oppression of the two groups by the American Government, one on Indian relocation and suppressing their culture, and the other on women’s suffrage. In Chief Joseph's speech, he mainly applies pathos to his argument to convince General Howard and his people on why they are surrendering and create a strong emotional appeal. Susan B. Anthony however mainly utilizes logos to make her impassioned argument to convince both men and women on why women should have the right to vote and get them to stand up and support her cause. First of all, in Chief Joseph's speech, he uses pathos to get an emotional appeal from both his people and General Howard. “It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death.” This piece of evidence from his speech really shows how much of an impact his people …show more content…

Anthony’s speech, she mainly relied on logos to get the American people to understand and see the reason in her argument. “The preamble of the Federal Constitution says…” This piece of text is used throughout the rest of the speech to point out that women are apart of the union and that we helped with many of the government's decisions. She continues to refer back to the constitution when saying, “For any state to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people, is to pass a bill of attainder, or, an ex post facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity.” She is saying that the states are doing the illegal action by not allowing women to vote, not women, or Susan B. Anthony, when she voted. By utilizing logos, she was able to state the reasons are not only legally allowed to vote but also why women should be allowed to