When I read the topic for this post, this speech was the first to come to my mind. President Obama is addressing the American people about the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. This speech has Ethos, Pathos, and Logos as well as a clear goal/purpose and target audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ellnd3M8-ow&feature=fvst
Target Audience: The American People
Goal/Purpose: I believe this speech has a couple purposes. The obvious one being to inform the public that the most deadly terrorist of this generation has been killed. Second, I think this speech was written to give Americans hope. Like the President said in the speech, America can do whatever we set our mind to, and I think he was trying to remind us of that. Yes, it might have taken 10 years, but we never gave up. Also, I think President Obama wanted to instill pride in the American people. With the hard hitting recession, it has been a rough couple of years, and I think this speech was to remind the people of the pride we can have in our country.
Logos: the Logos in the speech is easy to spot. In the very beginning when the President states "The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden". There is more signs of logos further into the speech where he discusses the plan and tactics behind the operation and giving the "go ahead" to kill Osama.
Ethos: The ethos is very easy in this speech, he is the President of the United States. No matter what political party is, when the President speaks about something of this magnitude, you realize his credibility. Being our Commander in Chief makes President Obama extremely credible in this speech.
Pathos: The pathos within this speech is pretty constant. In the beginning when President Obama begins describing Sept. 11, 2001. Also, when he talks about the families who lost someone on that day and how we will never forget them.
No matter what party you affiliate with, this speech is an historic one.
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