...Frederick Douglass, a well-known self-taught former slave, gave a speech about the Fourth of July on July 5, 1852 that challenged the institution of slavery and revealed the hypocrisy of the Fourth of July to slaves. Douglass uses ethos, pathos, and logos throughout his speech in order to convince his audience that there is no conceivable reason for slavery to exist. His audience were rich white citizens, including the president. Douglass first uses ethos by introducing himself to his audience and explaining how he got there, “… the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped, is considerable…” which establishes him as a former slave. The use of ethos isn’t a traditional one in this speech. Frederick Douglass, a very well-known speaker during this time, wouldn’t need ethos to prove himself credible. In this introduction he’s trying to appeal to the audience by acting like a grateful Freedman while subtly showing his credentials He talks about only speaking to he has a “little experience and with less learning” and had only spoken at “public meetings, in country school houses” yet states he has spoken to...
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...end slavery, would you? Frederick Douglass, a former slave, presented his speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” at a celebration of the Declaration of Independance, but took it upon himself to make it known that the Fourth of July was not a day of celebration for him or his people. Douglass utilized pathos, rhetorical questions, and repetition to drive home his argument against slavery and to encourage his audience to also fight for equality between everyone. Pathos is a quality that evokes sadness and pity. Douglass used pathos all throughout his speech to continuously catch the attention of his audience and to give them a surreal realization of the world surrounding them. For example, in lines 60-67, Douglass referred to the slave and to humanity as “bleeding”, “fettered”, and “trampled upon.” He needed to use such thought-provoking words in order to catch the attention of his audience and to maintain that hold throughout the entire speech. Douglass also tried to incorporate his own emotion into his speech....
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...America was founded on freedom and equality. Americans were given rights that they were entitled to. Many people argue whether freedom is actually granted to everyone. Frederick Douglass argues that slaves are not free or given the rights that everyone else has as Americans. In his speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” he claims that the United States cannot consider itself a free country if all its people are not actually free. Similarly, Elizabeth Cady Stanton argues the point of women’s equality in part of her speech from the Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention. Women were not treated as equally as the men were. By comparing and contrasting Douglass’s and Stanton’s speeches it is clear that...
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...“There are more African-American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850” (Alexander). Racism in present day America is harder to see than previous periods because the most apparent and obvious forms of racial discrimination, such as slavery or segregation, have been eliminated. Nonetheless, racism effects the political, economic, and sociocultural structures of America in ways that cause separation between people of color and whites. Race constantly affects the way we are seen in society and controls our actions. Racism leads to ostracizing, bullying, and even violence. “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples and “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde both exhibit these struggles of racism....
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...“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July” is a speech given by Frederick Douglass. In this speech, Douglass aims to give the audience a clear view of the injustices being experienced by slaves in America and what the Fourth of July means to them. Douglass implements vivid imagery and poignant anecdotes to evoke emotion from his audience. In “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July,” Douglass uses very specific imagery to paint a picture in the mind of the reader of the horrific abuse endured by the slaves. On one hand, Douglass uses his imagery to show the reader a jubilant scene. In the fifth paragraph of page 4, a display is described by phrases such as “Banners and pennants wave exultingly on the breeze,” and “The ear-piercing fife and the stirring drum unite their accents with the ascending peal of a thousand church bells.... while the quick martial tramp of a great and multitudinous nation, echoed back by all the hills, valleys and mountains of a vast...
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...On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to give a speech to the citizens of Rochester, New York. His speech was titled, “What, To The Slave, Is Fourth of July”, in his speech he reveals the hypocrisy, false appearance, of the nation’s freedom and justice. In his speech he states, “Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us” (Douglass p.46). He points out that the celebration of the fourth of July is not for African Americans when millions are enslaved. In the Declaration of Independence, it states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that...
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...In the nonfiction speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (1852) Frederick Douglass eloquently, yet powerfully delivers his presentation by utilizing three important strategies. He establishes his own credibility through the respect he shows to his audience; captures the audience’s feelings of national pride; and uses the reasoning behind their pride against them in order to open the eyes of white men in the United States. They then may see the injustice of celebrating freedom when so many men are still bound by chains. Douglass establishes credibility in his humble stance by grasping the audience’s attention with his story of being a former slave. He modestly introduces himself and his hard work by explaining “the difficulties to be overcome in getting from the latter to the former, are by no means slight”, the latter being the “slave plantation” and the former being “[the] platform”. By describing his path to freedom as a challenge, it gives the audience an understanding that Douglass not only speaks as a free man allowed to express himself, but as a former slave who was once held back from going anywhere. He then addresses his limitations due to his “little experience and…less learning”, but despite that, “[he was] able to throw [his] thoughts hastily and imperfectly together”. In describing these...
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...Fredrick Douglass was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, orator and journalist who fought for the equality of African Americans. In the speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”, he discusses the meaning of the fourth of July to Americas black population which consists of mostly slaves. Douglass believes that people who are still enslaved should not celebrate the white man’s freedom. Slave are not free therefore they should not rejoice in festivities not designed for them. Secondly, he condemns the church for not speaking out against slavery. Douglass gives the title “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” because he wants others to view the lack of equal rights, democracy and freedom of the very people who are oppressed: Slaves....
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...“This fourth of July is yours, not mine, you may rejoice, I must mourn”. This was delivered on July 4th,1852 in Rochester, New York by a former slave named Fredrick Douglass. The goal of his famous speech “What to Slave is Fourth of July?” was to convince the people of the wrongfulness of slavery. In his speech he stated that while he hears the joy of the rejoicing citizens he also hears mournful wail of millions whose chains and grievous rendered more intolerable by jubilee shouts that reach them. What this means is that while the whites are celebrating “freedom”, his people mourn. He also questioned his audience by asking “Was I being mocked by them inviting me to speak?”. He believed that fourth of July was a revolting reminder to him and...
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...In the speech, “What to the slave, Is the Fourth of July?”, which was presented by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, Douglass condemns the hypocrisy of American society when they asked him to speak about the meaning of the Fourth of July and their freedom when a majority of the African American population remained in slavery. Considering that Douglass was a black man who escaped slavery, he found it ironic that they asked him to speak about this topic, but he still took the opportunity to establish his reasons on why the slaves should receive their freedom. In his speech, Frederick Douglass is trying to persuade the people who are pro-slavery to change their minds. In the introduction, Douglass starts off the speech by apologizing for being nervous and says, “apologies of this sort are generally considered flat and unmeaning.” He tells his audience this to show that he is being sincere and to establish trust between him and the congregation. He also states, “The little experience I have had in addressing...
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...Karen has concluded that to plan for the growth of the restaurant in the future, she needs to develop a system that will enable her to forecast food and beverage sales by month for up to one year in advance. Karen has the following data ($1000s) on total food and beverage sales for the three years of operation. The data can be found in an Excel spreadsheet (Lost Beverage and Food Sales). Perform an analysis of the sales data for the Vintage Restaurant. Prepare a report for Karen that summarizes your findings, forecasts, and recommendations. Include: a. A graph of the time series. b. An analysis of the seasonality of the data. Indicate the seasonal indexes for each month, and comment on the high and low seasonal sales months. Do the seasonal indexes make intuitive sense? Discuss. c. A forecast of sales for January through December of the fourth year. d. Recommendations as to when the system that you have developed should be updated to account for new sales data. e. Any detailed calculations of your analysis in the appendix of your report. f. Assume that January sales for the fourth year turn out to be $295,000. What was your forecast error? If this is a large error, Karen may be puzzled about the difference between your forecast and the actual sales value. What can you do to resolve her uncertainty in the forecasting procedure? The statistical...
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...Karen has concluded that to plan for the growth of the restaurant in the future, she needs to develop a system that will enable her to forecast food and beverage sales by month for up to one year in advance. Karen has the following data ($1000s) on total food and beverage sales for the three years of operation. The data can be found in an Excel spreadsheet (Lost Beverage and Food Sales). Perform an analysis of the sales data for the Vintage Restaurant. Prepare a report for Karen that summarizes your findings, forecasts, and recommendations. Include: a. A graph of the time series. b. An analysis of the seasonality of the data. Indicate the seasonal indexes for each month, and comment on the high and low seasonal sales months. Do the seasonal indexes make intuitive sense? Discuss. c. A forecast of sales for January through December of the fourth year. d. Recommendations as to when the system that you have developed should be updated to account for new sales data. e. Any detailed calculations of your analysis in the appendix of your report. f. Assume that January sales for the fourth year turn out to be $295,000. What was your forecast error? If this is a large error, Karen may be puzzled about the difference between your forecast and the actual sales value. What can you do to resolve her uncertainty in the forecasting procedure? The statistical Summary of the...
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...Karen has concluded that to plan for the growth of the restaurant in the future, she needs to develop a system that will enable her to forecast food and beverage sales by month for up to one year in advance. Karen has the following data ($1000s) on total food and beverage sales for the three years of operation. The data can be found in an Excel spreadsheet (Lost Beverage and Food Sales). Perform an analysis of the sales data for the Vintage Restaurant. Prepare a report for Karen that summarizes your findings, forecasts, and recommendations. Include: a. A graph of the time series. b. An analysis of the seasonality of the data. Indicate the seasonal indexes for each month, and comment on the high and low seasonal sales months. Do the seasonal indexes make intuitive sense? Discuss. c. A forecast of sales for January through December of the fourth year. d. Recommendations as to when the system that you have developed should be updated to account for new sales data. e. Any detailed calculations of your analysis in the appendix of your report. f. Assume that January sales for the fourth year turn out to be $295,000. What was your forecast error? If this is a large error, Karen may be puzzled about the difference between your forecast and the actual sales value. What can you do to resolve her uncertainty in the forecasting procedure? The statistical...
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...PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the results of the survey on different reviewing strategies that are beneficial for the preparation in taking Nursing Licensure Examination of the 4th year nursing students batch 2010-2011, analysis and interpretation of data. Sample characteristics One hundred three Fourth Year Nursing Students of Laguna College Batch 2010-2011, sixty July 2010 Nursing Licensure Examination passers and twenty Clinical Instructors and Administrators completed the questionnaires. Participant characteristics are shown in Figures 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and __________. [pic] Figure 4.1. Age Distribution of the 4th Year Laguna College Nursing Students According to Figure 4.1 the age distribution profile of 4th year nursing students of Laguna College batch 2010 -2011 with a total of 103 taken as population sample has 44% or 45 respondents of age 19 years old and below, 50% or 52 respondents from age 20-25 years old and 6% or 6 respondents from age 26 years old and above. [pic] Figure 4.2. Gender Distribution of the 4th Year Laguna College Nursing Students Figure 4.2 shows that out of the 103 fourth year nursing students taken as sample population, 73 respondents or 75% of the sample population are female and 30 respondents or 25% of the sample populations are male. [pic] Figure 4.3. Age Distribution of the July 2010 Nursing...
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...have 39% market share in 1998, employed more than 2000 people and held headship position in the home-entertainment product market in December 1999. However, because of the depression of economic in Argentine, Musimundo was forced to file for bankrupt in August 2001. The reasons for the depression of economic in Argentine: Argentine government overvaulted the Argentine peso in the past. By 2001, foreign debt caused and had AR$132 billion pubic debt through the fourth year of a recession. Besides, Exports were unable to generate enough foreign currency to service the debt. On December1, 2001, “Corralito”, a policy restring depositors’ bank withdrawals to AR $1000 per month, was published. Subsequently, the economy of Argentine began emerging from the crisis by devaluation of the exchange rate and migration of capital outside the country intensified. In July 2003, Pegasus Capital Investment Company completely acquainted Musinundo. On year later, On the July Board of Directors Meeting, which focused on the analysis of the firm’s performance and reset store’s budget target for the remainder of the year, the Musinundo management forecasted that: year- to-date sales were 9% above budget and annual sales were expected to the double that 2003. However, Mario Quintana, Managing partner of Pegasus Capital, worried that the firm might be falling short of its potential for capturing the value carried by the rising economic tide, But he also think acquisition Musinundo was a good decision...
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