Her real-world counterpart, Former Vice-President Albert Arnold Gore, is the face of the Global Warming awareness movement. He has attempted to persuade the American public to take action against the emission of “greenhouse gases" in many speeches and books. He has even employed his rhetorical tactics in a well-known documentary film. Gore’s campaign to educate the people has been recorded and compiled, by director David Guggenheim, in An Inconvenient Truth. In the movie, Al Gore speaks to a live audience, presenting a slide show which unravels the subject of Global Warming.
His use of ethos, pathos and logos in this speech and others, made it effective enough to land him a spot as Commander in Chief. He used ethos in a way that gained the respect of his audience in that he took on the role of being one of them. By using logos he made them realize what they as the Republican Party stand for. With his use of pathos he appeals to their emotional side but making them believe that change is for the sake of their children’s livelihood. Ronald Reagan’s speech “A Time For Choosing” was intended to persuade his audience to believe the wrong-doings of the government, and persuade he did.
A More Perfect Union Critique “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.” These are the same words that were presented in the Constitution as well as used in Barack Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union” during his presidential primary campaign in 2008. His speech addresses the racism and inequality that still exist in America that is dividing American society instead of uniting it. Obama uses his own experiences to reach out to readers as well as using allusions from history and the patriotic meaning behind the history to incorporate pathos and ethos in his speech. Obama is successful in his writing because he is able to persuade the audience by appealing to their emotions, while using specific details to create more credibility
Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth was released to DVD in January of 2006. In this film, Gore aspires to make the issue of global warming recognized worldwide. He uses the presentation as a way to stress the importance of doing something about global warming, saying, “What we take for granted might not be here for our children.” Personal anecdotes, convincing scenarios, and substantial evidence provide a strong argument in Gore’s presentation. In the film, Gore gives personal anecdotes in order to appeal to the audience’s emotions. In one example, he discusses the time his six year old son was hit by a car and was in the hospital for a month.
Yes we have found many cures for severe illnesses and are now aware of Global Warming, which we are doing our best to prevent with renewable energy, but has anyone ever thought of the way people act throughout society? Have ways changed? Are we able to maintain control of our actions? Well I am here to say to you
 Jeff Howe April 30, 2009 Ralph Nader Government exists protect the citizens from themselves and Ralph Nader is there to ensure that the government follows through with their purpose. For decades, Ralph Nader has gained recognition as a kind of whistle-blower. He has alerted the general public to the dangers of consumer goods as well as hazards in airplane and car travel. To this end, Nader has created powerful non-profit organizations. Nader has some very distinct political opinions that make him the ideal candidate for president.
I would recommend the book When Presidents Lie by Eric Alterman, The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz, and Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman. I think reading these books would help the presidents in making good decisions for our country. The first book that I would recommend the candidates to read is When Presidents Lie by Eric Alterman. This book is about lies the presidents have told and their consequences. This is a good book for the presidents to read because it shows the consequences of deceit and it shows when it is acceptable to lie and when it isn’t.
John F. Kennedy addressed the country as President for the first time on January 20, 1961, keeping the audience thinking about the future of the United States, but the future of other countries as well. In this Inaugural Address, Kennedy uses antithesis to set up a way of thinking that has to be broken down in order to fully understand what the point is, which is bettering our country as well as others. John F. Kennedy appeals the country through antithesis in his Inaugural Address by engaging the U.S. citizens to think about branching out to help other countries as well as improving the United States. Kennedy has many valid points on branching out of the United States to help those in other countries. Although, Kennedy gets his audience, Americans, engaged through antithesis, “Support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” Kennedy switched up the words in his speech to get the audience thinking positively about supporting those who want the help of the United States.
This book also tends to create awareness to the public on how things may playout if we continue on this path of destruction. Reading this book reminded me so much about two movies I watched called “the day after tomorrow” and “2012” these movies somehow changed my perspective on nature and the world as a whole. Because watching these movies made me realise the natural anomalies we are experiencing in present times like earth quakes, tornados, tsunamis and so on they all have reasons as to why they have happened and most of the reasons offered by scientists are that we are killing the earth slowly with our industrial and technological advancements which in turn is causing a drastic climate change around the world. Also all these consequences shown in the movie and also depicted in this book has heightened my appreciation for the mother earth and increased my desire to try and abstain from causing more harm to the earth. In terms of the relationship between humans and nature I would say we are a long way away from solving our major problem which is maintaining the earth so it can sustain us.
If more people fight to force the government to make wiser energy decisions we can turn around global warming. Many communities are surrounded by nuclear energy plants or other harmful energy plants. This is a dilemma that local communities face when trying to fight global warming. Each individual can only do so much to fight these huge corporations and energy plants. The best thing we can do as a society is establish better laws for what is considered acceptable when creating energy.