Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Rhetorical Analysis (2)

Do you believe that there is something terrible wrong with your government??? Would you for your freedom or what you believed was right??? Well V believed that High Chancellor Adam Sutler was the start of it all. Chancellor engineered a bioterrorist attack on London’s community. This attack killed more than 100,000 people either by virus/bacteria that was purposefully released. ”Fear got the best of you and in your panic; you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler.” This silent fear of London’s society helped Chancellor Sutler and his government, (Norsefire), to rise up to power. “All he wanted in return was your silent, obedient consent.”

V is a freedom fighter seeking change while he also pursues his very own "vendetta". He does this by first approaching the London society. In V’s grim speech he tries to convince the people of London that he is just like him by identifying their similarities. (They are equal.) “Just like any bloke.” Pathos is used numerous times as V speaks out to London. He wants his audience to believe and side with him against Chancellor Sutler.

He pleads that he was in fact that he was the one who destroyed the Old Bailey the previous night. He mentions this action to the viewers who plan to not side with V. By destroying the Old Bailey, he places fear in the hearts of these people and tries to lastly convince them that Guy Fawkes wanted November the 5th to never ever be forgot!


2 comments:

:) audrey said...

wow, thats really simple.
but good.
go read mine, it's really long :/
tell me what you think
~audrey

Anonymous said...

Paragraph 1
--avoid the three question marks
--Should the second sentence read, "Would you die for your freedom?"
--introduction should pave the way for your rhetorical analysis. you've established context for the speech in your introduction (that's good), but your thesis sentence must mention the rhetorical strategies you plan to discuss in your essay

P2: --put the period within the quotation marks ("vendetta.")
--you mention tone, ethos, and pathos in this paragraph: in a rhetorical analysis, you should spend more time discussing each. For instance, the phrase "just like any bloke" is not enough to prove that V is attempting to establish credibility, for you have not set a context for this phrase.
--you understand what V is doing in this speech (wonderful!). now you're ready to dive deeper into his use of the English language to create a desire effect within his audience.

P3: --"to not side with V" could be phrased differently
--work more with V's words as opposed to actions. For instance, instead of emphasizing action of destruction to incite fear in the audience, focus more on his use of language to incite fear into the audience

Final Thoughts: A rhetorical analysis is useless if one does not understand the argument. You understand the argument, so you're halfway there. Your next analysis will need more focus, development, and organization. For instance, you may want to mention all of the speaker's appeals to the emotions in one paragraph instead of splitting them up as you've done here.