Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan all share fairly similar styles in their writing, especially through the speeches they gave. While giving their speeches and other pieces of writing they published, they were very successful in persuading their audience to accommodate for the change that needed to be made during the time. Despite them sharing all successful forms of persuasion, they most commonly adapted to the emotional aspect, also known as pathos. In Patrick Henry’s speech most commonly known as “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” he expresses a lot of emotion when trying to persuade the president to agree with his purpose. Henry’s purpose was to gain independence in the colonies by going to war with Great Britain, who had …show more content…
Paine also fights and attempts to persuade the people on fighting in the war. Paine uses factual evidence to relate to his pathos appeal because Great Britain had already done their harm to the Colonies, so they were just getting what they deserved. Thomas Paine wrote, “I thank God, that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear. I know our situation well, and can see the way out of it.” In this quote, Paine relies solely on God and the people to back him up. He feels as if the war was meant to be and everything would eventually fall in to place through the sake of God, so he feared nothing. Paine tends to show more and more emotion when getting to the end. He says things like “Look on this picture and weep over it!” which shows how he felt about the American Revolution and how it would eventually …show more content…
Despite Reagan not focusing on the topic of the American Revolution, he still used some of the same tactics to lure in his audience. Ronald Reagan wanted the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to lift the barrier that divided East and West Berlin. When Reagan went to West Berlin to give the “Brandenburg Gate Speech” he stated, “And now -- now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom.” By this Ronald Reagan meant that the freedom of the Germans was limited because they could go no further than the wall. He used emotion when addressing Mr. Gorbachev. For example, “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate… Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” He wanted the leader of the Soviet Union to know that he knew what it was like and that he would be better of demolishing the wall. Reagan focused more on what would happen if the wall stayed up, and that is how his emotion appealed to his