rhetoric is explored indepth in the book, Animal Farm, by George Orwell. These qualities of speech are depicted through several characters and language devices, and contribute to the progression of the plot throughout the book. Firstly, the persuasive nature of speech is discussed during the early chapters of the novel. Old Major, an ageing boar at the Farm, calls the animals together and gives a speech, proposing that the animals “get rid of man… and among us animals let there be perfect unity
The second name for the speech immediately reveals to the reader Malcolm X’s belief that violence was necessary in order for black Americans to achieve racial equality to that of whites, which represent one of the most controversial characteristics of Malcolm X and his methods at the time. Malcolm X in this speech criticises white people directly, saying that the time when a white person could manipulate black people
At the start of LaPierre’s CPAC speech, he gives his “thoughts and prayers” to the victims of the Parkland shooting. These kinds of statements of moral support have triggered pushback from gun control advocates, who have criticized the idea that providing “thoughts and prayers” does anything