Rhetorical Analysis Outline of
"The Arab People Have Woken up"
by Tawakkul Karman
Brisa Dos Santos
Purpose: To bring awareness to the Arab Spring/ Revolution and ask for moral, political, and physical support on a global level of their fight against Oppression (poverty, tyranny, government theft, the regime, murder, etc.) of the Regime.
Audience: Arab people who are protesting, those afraid or hesitant to protest, those attending the Nobel lecture, democracies of the world (other nations)
Context: revolution, "Arab Spring," protests, demonstrations, caused by economic decline, unemployment, poverty, lack of freedom/human rights, oppression, tyranny, theft by the government, government corruption, etc. want to bring down the regime. unhappy with rule, want democracy
Section 1: Introduction
Purpose: To introduce the situation in the middle east in terms of the people revolting, to back up why they are revolting, and to stress that it is completely and utterly peaceful.
Appeals: Uses a lot of pathos to describe the situations of oppression, using words and phrases like, "gone too far in depriving their people," poor share of freedom, democracy, and dignity they have," injustice," "legitimate human existence" and etc.
Technique: She uses repetition/parallel structure to emphasize how far the regime has gone, by repeating "they have gone..." and citing various instances, packed with pathos, where the regime has gone too far. Often starts another point or paragraph with "ladies and gentlemen," which builds her ethos, and also repeats "freedom," "peace," and "civilized/civilization."
Effectiveness: This was effective on my perspective. It really pulled in the reader, her pathos is great and the way she writes, her diction, her tone, and writing style are just in perfect harmony. Every one of these aspects work towards the effectiveness of the introduction, and the purpose of introducing is met. Her use of pathos is excellent, because it is just a right amount, and incorporated is some ethos and logos.
Section 2: The Middle
Purpose: she begins elaborating on protest, recalls when she found out she was nominated for a Nobel prize, and still justifies that these protests are peaceful, and that although the regime strikes with violence, they strike with peace. Wants to prove that this is a cause worth fighting for, its human, for rights that all humans have, is for greater peace, and is peaceful. Wants to emphasize the fact that people of all ages are going to the streets to fight for their cause. Sums up by explaining that when she got the Nobel Peace prize, it meant more not only to her, but to everyone else involved in this revolution, it meant that finally someone had recognized their efforts.
Appeals: This is mostly pathos. Continues the use of words like "oppression" and "peace,"although words had several different connotations. although a little bit of logos, its mainly packed with pathos. Striking emotion from every sentence, which in this instance, benefits the effectiveness because pathos is an appeal that is almost always effective.
Techniques: Uses the idea of peace against violence repeatedly. although just an idea, is significant because its a concept repeated. Also, a very interesting thing she did was that she said, "...the Nobel Prize did not come only as a personal prize for Tawakkul Abdel-Salam Karman, but as a declaration..." She addressed herself as if she was a different person.
Effectiveness: This part of the speech was effective overall, but it seemed a little repetitive, and it her going in depth about the protests and the peace against violence was too short. It was only through a span of one paragraph, and I just wish she would have elaborated more to support her purpose. Other than that, very effective because of her again extraordinary use of pathos. Really strikes an emotional cord to benefit speech.
Purpose: The purpose here seems to change from the purpose of the other first sections. Karman shifts to the moment, when she's standing before the audience, to justify the peace and good nature of these protests, that they seek only what is rightfully theirs, that they want something that is morally correct, and that is civilized. She seems to be saying that the revolution needs supporters. It needs other countries to step in and help overthrow the regime, to put the Arab countries back on their feet, and to help them establish a democracy. She justifies their involvement and justifies the revolution by making it sound like its for a good cause, its peaceful,and that its right, their taking what they deserve and no one should need to go through what they are going through. She wants to gain awareness to the revolution as a whole.
Appeals: Mostly uses logos, to justify reasons of other nations helping, but uses pathos as an aid for convincing. Emphasizes that protests are for the good of humanity, explaining that it was necessary because of the oppression, poverty, tyranny, etc. Wants to explain all the good reasons why other countries should recognize the revolution. Uses mostly pathos and ethos to do this.
Techniques: Uses parallel structure, repetition, "the Yemen...,"
Effectiveness: Very effective. although I feel like the last paragraph could have ended with a little more emphasis, her use of mostly appeals was great. She was making an argument, and the appeals she used helped her support it. To tie things up, she ended saying that all democracies have to recognize not only the separate revolutions in each Arab country, but the revolution as a whole, and that to be a democracy, they had to fight for it, and that they should recognize that the Arabs are fighting too and should help because no one should ignore this fight.
General Evaluation: Overall, this speech is very effective. Karman had a great use of appeals and techniques that overall benefited her purpose. Its not too complex to understand, but is also not shallow and meaningless. Although it ended kind of abruptly, overall, it was very moving, especially that she used a lot of pathos, striking an emotional cord in her intended audience.
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