Rhetorical Analysis Of Cruz

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 of Paris. However, his moment of silence quickly morphed into a political speech, which destroyed the credibility of the pathos he was using. In terms of timeliness, Cruz weaved emotional pulls with political rhetoric which created loaded political
A strategy to improve this weakness would be to separate a time for prayer from a political speech. The Prayer for France could have been an extremely successful political move had he truly shown empathy and sadness towards the people of Paris. Additionally, the rhetoric that Cruz employed would have been very successful in a political speech, however, when used in a time of prayer was simply offensive. The combination of pathos during a time of prayer with political motivated ideology, was inappropriate. Had this moment been a political speech, Cruz would have been more effective in rallying Americans to support a fight against ISIS. Cruz must understand that not every speaking opportunity is a chance to push his political agenda. A moment of respect and encouraging words could even be more effective than political
The strategy to address these problems, rests on education, maturity, and timeliness. Cruz must show off his education on the topic by resting on facts and expert opinions, instead of hastily generalized political stances. He must take the opportunity, of sharing his stance on Syrian refugees, by adding to his overall credibility by understanding the current political climate. Most importantly, he must understand and be able to effectively differentiate between radical Islam and the religion of