Rhetoric Ethos, Pathos and Logos Wounds Will Never Heal

“Boy oh boy did I passionately hate that man right now”: I thought to myself. How dare Jack ever in a million years betray his own country to join those primitive, cruel, Japanese solders? Jack ordered all of us to stand up, form ranks, and prepare to march off the boats to our new prison. Jumping from the top of the platform, Jack landed with a loud thud, and proceeded to lead our small group of twelve to the prison. Every so often my wondering eye couldn’t help, but notice that certain bushes moved awkwardly, and it seemed to me that someone had taken it upon himself or herself to follow us secretly. The notion quickly left my head upon our abrupt stop where jack decided to have a little fun and call me out. “Ralph, oh Ralph come here my good boy lets play a little hunting game”: He exclaimed. He raised a double-edged sword, and wagged it in my face almost slicing my head in the process. Terrified, I punched him in the gut, and jumped on him. The other guards encircled me, and jabbed me with the butt of the ak-47’s they carried. Finally I relented and fell off of Jack, and while recovering he stood up, whipped his pistol out, and pointed it at me. He said:” Under Imperial law you have been sentenced to die for striking an

With a war against the Japanese was the trigger for racism in Australia. All throughout the novel elements of separation are presented. The

Consistent with Japanese propaganda the nationalist leaders held belief that Japan was “the leader, protector and light of Asia”. However, this perception of liberation from colonial rule was a façade as the civilians of occupied nations experienced harsher treatment under the Japanese than they did under the colonial authorities.

The majority of POWs (22 376) were prisoners of the Japanese’ (Farrar, Bedson, Easton, Jackson, Lamont, 2005, pg. 60). Australian Prisoners of wars were captured by both Germany and Japan, the treatment of prisoners in Germany were significantly better than those in Japan, but the prisoners still faced many hardships and there were enormous casualties, in both Germany

The core of the Japanese experience in Canada lies in the shameful and almost undemocratic suspension of human rights that the Canadian government committed during World War II. As a result, thousands of Japanese were uprooted to be imprisoned in internment camps miles away from their homes. While only a small percentage of the Japanese living in Canada were actually nationals of Japan, those who were Canadian born were, without any concrete evidence, continuously being associated with a country that was nothing but foreign to them. Branded as “enemy aliens”, the Japanese Canadians soon came to the realization that their beloved nation harboured so much hate and anti-Asian sentiments that Canada was becoming just as foreign to them as

Japanese soldiers are widely remembered as being cruel and indifferent to the fate of Allied prisoners of war. Cruelty could take different forms, from extreme violence and torture to minor acts of physical punishment, humiliation and neglect. Some prisoners were made to hold a heavy stone above their heads for many hours. Others might be forced into small cells with little food or water.

In this essay, I will closely examine the role of ethos, pathos, and logos as they were utilized in the 1992 Presidential Debate video clip. Throughout Clinton and Bush’s debates, they used the three options of persuasion effectively and discretely; however, it is evident that out of the three ways of persuasion, the candidates used ‘pathos’ because of the content they were providing. It was apparent that Bill Clinton was more prepared to display forms of persuasion than George H.W. Bush was because Clinton had prior experience dealing with lower income people. In the upcoming paragraphs, I will explain and analyze how each candidate made use of the three forms of persuasion: logos, pathos, and ethos.

The author John Dower of War without mercy gives a description of an ugly racial dimension of the civil strife in the Asian theatre of World War II and the consequences on the military as well as reconstruction policy in the Pacific. Dower argues that racial fear, as well as the hatred that existed between Japanese and Americans, castigated the cruel war since it was a determinant of how either side handled and dealt with the ‘inferior enemy’. I agree to the fact that Racism played a major role in how both sides viewed each other and influenced the actions that either side took as well. Basing on the various illustrations by the author, I could say that racial stereotyping that was displayed in the Pacific war led to an increase in war atrocities as evidenced by the various illustrations in the book.

Prior to Commodore’s Expedition to Japan, there were preconceptions of the type of people they were. American sailors left stranded on the island of Japan were typically imprisoned. This inhumane treatment

During world war two, countries on both sides committed war crimes that shocked both the people involved, and the globe. From 1937 through to 1945, the Japanese justified their treatment of the Australian prisoners of war at the Burma railway with three things. The Japanese believed that their bushido code allowed them to treat the Australian this way, their ethics was one of complete brutality and hardship, and the Japanese soldiers were being fed false propaganda that showed a dehumanized view of the Australians. These three statements demonstrate that the Japanese atrocities committed at Burma, were, in the eyes of the Japanese, fair and just.

The gradual decrease of Japanese pride is also emphasized with the fact that he sees himself as only half Japanese, since “one does not speak and…play and fight and see and hear in America among Americans...without becoming American and loving it” (16). He explains this uncertainty about his national identity as the reason behind why he refused to go serve in the army in the first place.

Memoirs put a face to Japan and its citizens during a time when America wanted to do little more than collectively hate them. Memoirs depict the War from the perspective of Japanese citizens, a perspective that history does not seem to deem important; though Arthur Golden has successfully refuted. Memoirs of a Geisha brings up a shows the perspective of the average Japanese citizen. From America’s viewpoint all the Japanese where (potentially) vile and treacherous, this point of view affected the way the US treated its own Japanese citizens. American’s long standing views on racial inequality helped facilitate this opinion, and helped motivate the (occasionally controversial) actions taken against the Japanese. America’s long history of racial prejudice manifested itself in the Japanese internment camps it erected across the nation (JAPANESE-AMERICAN RELOCATION). Arthur Golden’s work humanizes the Japanese and questions the American perspective of them. America felt (and still feel) as if they were the victims of Japan because they were innocent. Memoirs of a Geisha depict the Japanese citizens as the innocent bystanders being held at the whims of the imperialistic Americans. This perspective makes it easier to comprehend the original reason for Japans goals of Asian domination. Japans originally wanted to gain control of China in order to supply Japan with natural resources that Japan could convert into

On the 9th of February 1942, three divisions of Japanese soldiers landed in Singapore, which was at the time a major British military base and presence in the Pacific. Six days later, over 90 000 British, Australian and Indian troops were forced to surrender. It had been believed that Singapore guaranteed the security of Australia during the war, consequently, the fall of Singapore opened Australia to invasion. The fall of Singapore was significant in causing relations between Australia and the United States to increase as in lieu of Britain’s inability to provide economic and military assistance when it was required most, the United States’ capability to provide what Britain could not was instrumental in strengthening bonds.

Imagine being a British man or European man (or a close friend of one) in Singapore, 1941, living the luxurious life and having everything that one could dream of. One has an easy job and easy life, you are paid huge sums of money and you are filthy rich, you have servants to do your housework and best of all, all the girls flock to you whenever they can. However, imagine all of this is suddenly taken away when the Japanese decide to attack Singapore and people start realising that the Japanese are winning. Well this is exactly what happens to Claude, the main character in the book Breaking the Tongue by Vyvyane Loh. It is evident through their interaction with career choices, community that british have better jobs, higher social status than locals and the Singaporean Culture massively benefits the British and Europeans while discriminating against the locals. However, the way in which culture affects setting proves that the Japanese takes away everything from the British and are far superior to the British.

John W. Dower’s War without Mercy is a book that gives people some eye opening insight about the dynamic between the United States and Japan. The readers see why America’s interactions with Japan are more violent and hostile then with Europe. The book begins by explaining what happens when a nation is at war with another. Then eventually shows how World War II was seen through the point of view from both the United States and Japan. These chapters go in depth to show how much each nation sincerely hated one another and thought of themselves to be the superior nation. The epilogue of War without Mercy explains how even though the war was over that did not mean that the world was finally at peace.