chance to serve the common good." The ideology presented in the source is that a single‚ strong leader provides more stability than a democracy. The source presented advocates in favour of a collective‚ authoritarian form of government. The philosopher Thomas Hobbes would have supported the source by referring to society’s need for a "leviathan" or centralization of power‚ since he believed that people were incapable of governing themselves. However‚ this source is not a complete rejection of the values
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of tools‚ but the preponderance is rhetorical appeals. In the videos‚ “Drunk History – Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”‚ “Drunk History – John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson”‚ and “Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere”‚ the usage of logos‚ pathos and ethos varies‚ resulting in each video having a different impact. To begin with‚ the video “Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks” by Comedy Central is very appealing. One of the most obvious rhetorical appeals instantly after watching the
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Poetry Analysis was by far the most difficult essay I have written in any writing class. Breaking down the book Thomas and Beulah to understand what I was going to write about was even more difficult. Reading Thomas and Beulah was fun since I had to think outside the box and put things together. I found myself looking up multiple words because I did not know the meaning of them. As I was figuring out what the poems meant I came across so many different ideas. One thing I did enjoy about this essay
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expresses how there are “indicators of crisis‚ subject to data and statistics... that the next generation must lower its sights.” (Macon). These series of statements here consist of ethos because Obama is not afraid to reveal that he knows what is going on in the current state of affairs. Instead of sugarcoating the situation‚ Obama decides to be blunt with the people of America and the observing nations. Soon afterwards‚ Obama affirms his intent with the current crisis and states “Today I say to you that
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The final strategic error that Cruz suffered from was non-persuasive pathos. Pathos is employed in order to ignite emotion or feeling in an attempt to rally support. Cruz used effective descriptions and adjectives to employ pathos‚ but because of a lack of timeliness and empathy his pathos were not persuasive. At the beginning of his Prayer to France‚ Cruz effectively portrayed support and stood in solidarity with the people of Paris by asking God to‚ “lift up’‚ “comfort”‚ and “be with the people
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the simple blue and yellow branding that all whom are familiar with Ikea would recognize. The target audience for this ad are mostly people going through transitions in their lives. By this I mean‚ first moving out of their parents house‚ midlife crisis‚ etc. However‚ I think it hits harder with young adults who are just leaving for college. This ad targets two aspects that a majority of the audience
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As a result of worldwide withdrawal of Vioxx‚ Merck faced a serious public relations crisis in the fall of 2004. Pharmaceutical giant’s officials were forced to defend company’s actions‚ its motivation for those actions‚ and its reputation after several articles‚ negatively reflecting on Merck’s behavior handling the Vioxx case‚ had been published. As an initial response to Vioxx crisis‚ the company released “An Open Letter from Merck” and “For 100 years‚ patients first” in attempt at a positive
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INTRODUCTION The Mexican financial crisis of 1994-1995‚ also known as the “Tequila Crisis”‚ took place in December 1994 and is known as the first global crisis of last decade of the twentieth century. The crisis had little to do with the external debt situation and more to do with the short term foreign exchange problem which led to the devaluation of the peso against the U.S dollar. This action lead to the following significant outcome: 1. Worst banking crisis in the Mexican history. 2. Most devastating
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Dillard asks questions eight times throughout the piece. She asks rhetorical questions to evoke the human mind to inquire about existential issues. She isn’t forcing her beliefs upon the reader‚ but rather discreetly asks the reader to consider her perspective. Dillard isn’t looking for an answer‚ but rather‚ she is trying
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For thirteen days in October of 1962‚ the world lingered on the verge of a nuclear conflict of unparalleled proportions. In the eyes of those involved with the crisis every action seemed to flirt with disaster and beckon doomsday. The United States discovered the presence of Soviet missile silos in Cuba‚ capable of launching nuclear-tipped weaponry that could target much of the Eastern United States. President John F. Kennedy‚ under pressure from his advisors chose to order a naval “quarantine”
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