In the movie Remember
the Titans, there is a speech made by the head football coach, Coach Boone.
In fact, this speech is the turning point of the movie. His speech makes a huge
impact on the players and most people watching the movie and combines logos,
ethos and pathos into a great speech.
The speech has logos first of all
by bringing the players to Gettysburg where the fight that he is talking about
happened. Not only does he refer to the Battle of Gettysburg but he relates it
to the racial fight they are having within their team and their town. The players
are shown that fighting destroyed people back then just like it is destroying
them now, which means they need to put their differences aside.
Ethos is present without even
referring to himself if you have been watching the movie. The speaker is Coach
Boone who is the new head football coach who doesn’t take no for an answer. He
is the one in charge and he is very serious about his job. When Coach Boone
speaks all of the players listen.
Finally we definitely see pathos
presented in this speech in several ways. First of all Coach Boone talks
graphically about the battle that took place where they are. He describes how
the hot bullets tore through young men and the green field turning red with
blood all for fighting about race. This topic hits home to all of the players
because that is what they are struggling with, they all have problems with each
other because they are caught up in a racial hatred. Coach Boone is trying to
make them realize that they will never be successful if they continually hate
on each other. He speaks of families torn apart and ends with respect, they may
not like each other but he will make sure they respect each other.
By: Katie Flack
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