Dozens of people fell to the pools
of blood, escaping from the cries that filled the Bataclan Theatre, where
gunmen fired towards the crowd of innocent French civilians. In an instant, families
were torn as they held onto the motionless bodies of their loved ones. Bombing
and shooting up six different places in France simultaneously, terrorists left
over three hundred people either killed or injured. On November 13th,
President Obama delivered a statement on behalf of enraged Americans in a
conference, where he appealed to pathos to imply his strong desire to support and
assist the French government in their war against the terrorist groups.
His
anger aroused by the injustice he witnessed occur in France, Obama uses
pronouns such as “we” and “us” as evident in the quote, “This is an attack on
all of humanity and the universal values that we share” (para 1,2) in order to
morally justify U.S. plans of helping France in the process of seeking justice.
He also recalls back to how America has “gone through those kind of episodes
ourselves” and could “count on the French people to stand with us” (para, 5) in
order to help U.S. citizens remember to give back to France for what they’ve
done for us. To emphasize their unity in power, Obama portrays the two nations
as victims of terrorist attacks and portrays his strong compassion for the
families and friends in Paris, whose lives are now forever changed.
For
me, the speech was effective, because I wanted to join Obama in offering our
condolence to France throughout the speech. Through his appeal to pathos when
emphasizing the values the people of U.S. and France share, Obama powerfully depicts
his supportive stands.
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