The speech “ Fight on the beeches” is a speech given by Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Britain during WW2 ( 1940- 1945 ). The speech was presented in a time of need for Britain, but truly, a time of need for the world. Hitler’s German army was starting to attack the British people on their homeland. The British were frightened, they feared for their lives as bombing raids were conducted daily. It was a time of evil for Britain and in order to control the chaos and bring back the people’s confidence Churchill, as prime minister, had to act. The Speech was given as a moral booster. Its purpose to bring back Britain's confidence and strength. To make the people feel empowered. With the United Kingdom at the brink of war, Churchill’s Bulldog mentality and tone in this speech truly made a difference for the people of not only Britain but the world that was listening.
Churchill was a brilliant writer and could manipulate the english language in ways that most others will never come close to achieving. The rhetorical devices that he uses almost all have to appeal to pathos because this speech is about raising people’s confidence level and making people feel
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The rhetorical strategies that he uses are effective mainly because he uses unifying syntax and diction. He uses sentences that have to do with family, children, future, things that are close to the audience's feelings. Things they love the most, are ways he grabs the attention of the people and raises their strength to protect these assets. Also, he mentions the German army as “Hun” or titles them as something evil. He does this because all of British people at the time can agree, Germany was a great evil. This is something that can unify people because it's something everyone can agree on. Something they can stand behind and have a nations full