Comparing the two speeches, I believe that Trump's speech was more effective. Although I do not agree with his vision for his future, I can see his standpoint in this. Clinton offered up a more positive for the future but unfortunately it did not look realistic. Clinton did use a lot of ethos by attacking Trump as provocative and mentioning her previous roles in the government therefore making her seem like the position suited her. However, I felt that she was lacking logos when she illustrates her plans to make America great such as free college tuition for the middle class or more available jobs. Clinton failed to include how she was gonna achieve that and if that was possible, why hasn't it been done? Her plan was not clear enough. Whereas Trump claimed to stop gangs and mass immigration to make America great again and his plan was to forge a wall. Although it may not be agreeable, it does seem more effective because of his use of logos. Trump also used pathos really often invoking fear to motivate the people. Sometimes fear can be a dangerous tool. Ethos also appeared a few times, when he demoralizes Clinton and blames America's downfalls on Clinton, stating how this was her legacy: "death, destruction, and weakness." By doing so, Trump is able to make himself look better in front of the people's eyes. Overall, Trump's speech was potent.

George W. Bush's 9/11 speech was an impressive text. Bush did construct a lot of fear, with his descriptions, into his speech and only decided to compose a small portion of his speech with comforting words. However, I believe that the quantity of those comforting words doesn't matter, instead its the quality of those words. Bush engraved a sense of pride and unity against the "evils" into the readers and that's what make its effective in my opinion. "Our country is strong." Take that for example. It might be four words but it's enough for me to understand Bush's point. Nationalism is a strong tool and it can be very advantageous to a country. Bush has implemented logos by announcing the plans he made to deal with the situation. The same goes for pathos, with his descriptive words. Overall, it was an effective piece.

About Me 9/15/16

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