Our eyes look at the world, our thoughts is how we view the world. Donald Trump depicts that he sees the world in a chaotic manner by using his impending diction. Trump says, "Together, we will lead our party back to the White House, and we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace," (Paragraph 1, Lines 3-4). According to the quote, Trump believes that America isn't safe where it stands now because the government needs to play its role in need to find peace. He leads into stating, "Americans watching this address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities," (Trump, Paragraph 2, Lines 7-8). Words such as "Violence and Chaos" leave a sense of disharmony within the nation, that the people are living in discord. By using these words, he inputs fear into the people causing them to want protection. Later, he continues on how he can fix the problem by saying, "Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," (Trump, Paragraph 6, Line 17). He is using Pathos to make Americans feel like they're set for defeat if they don't vote for him. He evokes a feeling of persistent in his audience to make them feel he's the only man for the job. In all, Trump addresses that he can make America great again.
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ReplyDeleteI totally agree Trump uses his words to evoke fear and tap into his audiences pathos reserve. I also think he addresses this fear blatantly and makes his slogan "make america great again" to present himself with the credibility of a leader(ethos). Trump talks about how america is under threat of terrorists attacks, how we are loosing job resources to migrants , and how we are falling back in the world. Obviously when he says" make america great again" it means once upon a time we were "great"... But do you think is he using american exceptionalism as his example, and is trumps's vision of a "great" america "a city upon a hill" ?