On April 23, 1934, United States Senator Huey P. Long delivered his most well-known speech to the American people via radio. His speech became known as “Every Man A King.” During this time period, the United States had felt the effects of the Great Depression for about five years and looked to the president for a solution to their suffering. Both presidents during this time, President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, had the responsibility of facing the economic depression and leading the United States out from the clutches of the Great Depression. Feeling that he himself would resolve the issues more effectively, the senator committed himself to run for president in 1936, threatening the current president Roosevelt. …show more content…
This numerical data contributes to the feeling of disapproval with centralized power/wealth that Long is attempting to instill in the public. Through his descriptions of the United States’ national debt, he explains that paying off the debt would require having “Two hundred and seventy-two thousand millions of dollars” in order to pay off the national debt. He continues to describe the debt as “45 times the entire money supply,” trying to convey the magnitude of the debt to the people. Earlier, he stated that the 12 men have more power than the entire population. He uses the transfer technique to link the power of the elite and the national debt. By his “logic,” since the elite control the economy and the economy is in a Depression with a national debt in the billions, the elite are responsible for the Great Depression and the national debt. Additionally, he uses the Bible to support his view, claiming that since nothing in the Bible has been scientifically disproven, it must be true. The scripture he selects adds evidence for his claim and continues his usage of argumentative fallacies, where he hopes to convince the populous that the elite few are responsible for the people’s misfortunes. Following up the technical data, Long outlines a far simpler representation of the elite in America using the idea …show more content…
Long gives the people reasons why they should listen to him and believe in what he is explaining, by using publically acclaimed as evidence for his philosophy. By praising these credible sources that agree with his own words, Long hopes to draw the credibility from these sources to increase his own. Towards the end of the speech, he includes phrases like “all you have to do,” “You simply have to,” to inform the public that the plans he proposes are not challenging to accomplish. The plan he outlines has enough information to appear credible, but if one looks deeper, beyond the simplicity of his words, they will see the impracticality of his plans. However, his authoritative and confident tone supersedes the actual impracticality of his plans, conveying to the audience that he is experienced in matters of this nature and knows what he is doing, thus gaining their trust. To develop credibility with his listeners, he uses the Bible as evidence to reinforce his own policies and views regarding the elite in America. He selects specific scripture from the Book of James, entailing that a country cannot “survive” with any one person holding the wealth “permanently;” the wealth, instead, should be, “scattered among the people,” to facilitate a necessary balance between the classes. Long’s use of the Bible shows the American people that what he is suggesting is
The speech by the Player King in Act 3, Scene 2, is part of the play that Hamlet asks the Players to put on to try and find evidence of Claudius's guilt. The speech itself is a response to the statements by the Player Queen regarding her ever getting a second marriage if he dies. The Player Queen suggests that second marriages are not on the grounds of love or want, but on money and fortune. This part of the acted play by the Player King and Queen is a trap to try and invoke any reactions from Claudius that would show his guilt in the murder of Hamlet’s father. The topic in the speech of second marriages clearly points out the wrongness of Claudius’s marriage to Gertrude.
Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt shared one common goal, digging America out of the depressive state she had been swallowed by. The Great Depression of 1929 that did not end until a decade later in 1939, hit the economy hard enough, that every single American was hurt, whether rich or poor, with the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president of the United States in 1932, the third year of the worst economic depression in America's history. At the height of The Great Depression about 25% of America's workforce was unemployed, and the country was crying out for change. This is what he promised in the inaugural address he gave on March 3, 1933: change. He gave his speech to show the hearts and minds of the people of the USA that they will come back from this great hardship. Franklin Delano Roosevelt used a powerful yet sympathetic tone of voice, dramatic pauses for emphasis, and plan to change how the country operated, in his Inaugural Address to reassure the nation that they will come back from the Great Depression.
Beyond this, Long’s concerns over the people’s interests in Louisiana extended into the national political arena, where they were particularly convincing considering the economic conditions of the Great Depression. By the early 1930s, Americans had began to fear the future should their dire economic conditions continue. Consequentially, the economic woes provided an opportunity for Long to press his “every man a king” message in the national arena, as when the conditions of the people wane, emotional interests in improving their lot tend to rise. In turn, these emotions were being inflamed through an effort by Charles Coughlin and other radio broadcasters, who regularly attacked the financial and political elite for their role in perpetuating the people’s plight. Therefore, having considered a range of cultural and political factors, one can see that Huey Long’s emergence as a populist was indeed a resemblance of the interests of the American people during the Great
There are various authors whose motives have always been trying to either educate or entertain their audiences via their works and have been basing their writings on politics for centuries. Henry V by William Shakespeare is an ideal example of the manner in which great political writings have been influencing politics for many years including the present day. Various influential and famous political leaders have always been determined to quote various sections of King Henry V for the sake of emphasizing and communicating their ideas properly to the intended audiences.
During the American Revolution, there were many politicians who helped the cause towards rebellion. Patrick Henry was one of these statesmen. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765. Shortly after being elected, Henry delivered a speech that spoke against the Stamp Act. But, his most famous speech was the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” in 1775. This speech flamed the Revolutionary spirit and led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. How did Henry achieve such a positive response to his speech? He accomplished this by developing ethos, pathos, utilizing repetition, and choosing an urgent tone.
When Patrick Henry gave his famous Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death speech he proved that pens are indeed mightier than swords. That speech undoubtedly lead to the formation of the great nation that we now live in today.
According to Patrick Henry, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” (Henry 7). Patrick Henry was able to give an outstanding speech at the Virginia Convention, regarding the actions needing to be taken by the colonists. This speech included the criticizing and denouncing of Great Britain, along with the urging of the colonists to fight for independence. This including that the colonists need to become prepared because the unjust actions of the British were not simply going to go away. Henry urges the colonists to fight for the freedom that they rightfully deserve, and he does it extremely well. In Patrick Henry’s ‘Speech to the Virginia Congress’, he demonstrates passionate pathos appeals and rhetorical questioning to persuade the colonists to stand up for themselves and join the fight for their freedom.
On March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood before a nation and assumed the presidency of the United States of America. He recited the entire oath of office from memory, instead of merely answering “I Do” to a list of promises he was making to the American people. American citizens who had already endured four years of the greatest economic depression the nation had ever experienced. Americans who were desperately searching for help and relief from unemployment, financial crisis, and the possibility of starvation. In his inaugural address, Roosevelt vowed to bring to America the relief Americans needed, and to restore the nation to it’s position of power in the world. He promised a New Deal. While many wanted to believe that this
We have all heard Martin Luther King’s famous speech, I have a Dream. His main goal was to convince everyone across the country to comprehend racial equality and to reinforce a solution for those individuals already engaged in the Civil Rights movement. You could say his speech was part of what made the movement successful. By him taking a stand, much attention was put into the problems that were going on. He was and still is viewed as an important leader who was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Here we will basically dissect parts of his speech and define the points he was making and trying to make. Throughout the paper, you will see how Dr. King uses Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to show his audience and make them feel what went on.
After reading and analyzing Dr.Kings “Remaining Awake during a Revolution” commencement speech that he presented at Oberlin College during his graduation ceremony; he wanted the people to have a good visual on what he was explaining and talking about. King wanted to inform the people about what was going; so he used allusions, statics, and logos.
Academy award winning film, The King’s Speech, is a motivational movie where voice and courage become a matter of life and death. Prince Albert, later known as King George VI (Colin Firth), stammers excessively and uncontrollably through his inaugural speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition due to a speech impediment. After finishing such a disappointing speech, Prince Albert decides to give up on himself and accept his fate as a stammering heir to the throne. However, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), enlists him to see an Aussie speech therapist that goes by the name of Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) whose “Antipodean methods are known to be ‘unorthodox’ and ‘controversial,’” (“The King’s
While The Kings Speech draws upon a number of historical facts and events, this is not its primary concern. The film is about the effect of a person’s family on how the person develops. For example, in The Kings Speech, King George VI’s brother abdicating and his father’s cruelty played a part in his stammer and lack of confidence. The film is also about the importance of a secure support system, for example Queen Elizabeth and Lionel Logue were Bertie's support system and they helped him overcome his stammer and lack of confidence. A third important issue in the film is about the different approach to class distinction by British and Australian people, as shown by the expectations of Bertie and Queen Elizabeth that Lionel Logue will do
The speech I chose to analyze is Every Man a King by Huey P. Long. This speech was truly moving especially since the era was during the Great Depression. Wealth inequality was at an unsurpassed high in America, and the majority of the people were in the position of struggle and famine. Huey Long was a longtime advocate of redistributing wealth in his own state, he took this platform to a national scale to address his concern of building support for his movement. The society that he was making was the "Share the Wealth Society", a society in which the motto was "every man a king" and whose goal was the limit the wealth of the rich and share with the poor. He used sources such as the Bible, information about the past presidents and philosophers, as well as information of the amount of debt the U.S. has to support his claim. Huey P. Long used ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade his listeners of the broadcast to create a "Share the Wealth Society" in their communities.
The Acceptance Speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasizes the racial injustice being held by the majority white population in 1964, by the use of repetition. Kings acceptance of this speech involves a complex understanding of a people in a critical point in their lives. He uses different statements to define the authenticity of a cause that means a great deal to him. Martin Luther King Jr, is a man of God, fighting for the rights of his people to be treated as equals, in a way very few have tied before, nonviolence. In the year 1964 in Oslo, Reverand Martin Luther King Jr. accepts an award half of his people, but not without explaining the priorities of freedom that his side is fighting for. King uses repetition constantly in his speech in