Speeches can influence us exponentially and can do so in many ways such as using ethos, pathos, and logos. Susan B. Anthony's speech on women's rights and Chief Joseph surrender speech actually have some very compelling similarities as well as differences. Although they are speeches on very different topics and problems the share the same goal; persuade the audience. Similarly, Susan B. Anthony's Speech uses logos to persuade the audience while Chief Joseph's uses pathos, but the both do so to prove their ideas to the audience. Both Susan B. Anthony and Chief Joseph created compelling and well thought speeches that have strong ideas that influences the reader. Susan B. Anthony in her speech "On Women's Right to Vote" use her ideas about how women are getting mistreated and are getting oppressed. "The blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity." By saying this Susan emphasis her dislike of how women are not getting the rights they deserve. …show more content…
Anthony uses logos to persuade the men as they will only listen to reason not emotional comments. "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." This greatly explains her point that women should have the same right as the men and that sex should not be something that determines anything. Chief Joseph uses pathos to explain his emotional distress to the reader who then should feel remorse. "I am tired of fighting, Looking Glass is dead. too-Hul-hul-sote is dead. The old men are all dead" The war that Chief Joseph is in has put a great strain on him which he is trying to explain by saying it this in this