Rhetorical Analysis Of Obama Euloma Speech

In the eulogy for the honorable reverend Clementa Pinckney, President Obama shows us the good use of the rhetorical analysis. In this analysis of the speech I will be discussing the use of ethos, pathos, logos. Obama starts the speech showing us that there is an emotional connection between him and his audience, this creates pathos. Obama adds “scripture tells us,” this part makes him credible for the audience because he is talking to people in a church and he brought a citation from the bible. Then in the next paragraph he starts saying about how good of a person Clem was and this created an increase in the affection of the people to the reverend. When Obama starts talking about his experience, when he met Clem and what Clem’s friends say …show more content…
This shows us a good use of ethos; another use of ethos is when Obama sites the text by saying “Clem once said.” Obama uses pathos when he says that Clem is a good man and then he says that a good man is the best thing to hope for when you are eulogized. This gives emotions because it would not be a very nice thought to be eulogized and what is said about you not so good. He used the next sentence to show us credibility and emotions. When Obama talks about the accomplishments that Clem accomplished throughout his life time he shows logic because he said that not everybody has to be as accomplished as Clem at the time when he got out of school. But Clem set himself as a good example for the people to look up at him. “And then to lose him at 41” this sentence gives a vibe of sadness in the speech because he was talking about how great of a man he was, then all of the sudden he reminds us that he died at a young age. That was good use of logos to create …show more content…
Having many children living in poverty, and growing up without prospects for a job or a career. This doesn’t show equality. This is a way he uses pathos. Also Obama says that we have been blinded to what guns do to the nation. Everyday 30 people lose their life because of a shooting that happened. This shows credibility because he tells us how we are blinded to how guns affect the nation and pathos when he talks about 30 people dying every day. Most gun owners want to do something about it but they don’t want to change the traditions that make up this nation, although in order to express God’s grace we have to change the tradition. This shows a good use of logos. Also the problems about racism are not coming near to ending so we have to keep talking about the problems in order to solve them. This is logical. When Obama sites that Reverend Pinckney once said. This shows the use of ethos because he cited it. At the end of the speech Obama brings some happy emotions to the environment of the place by singing the lyrics of amazing grace. That’s a good way to end the speech because everybody is in a good mood after the