Frederick Douglas Ethos Pathos Logos

Ethan Holmes Professor Hohmann ENG 101 9/25/11 Frederick Douglass is difficult to persuade his audience by using number of charismatic traits, such(prenominal) as ethos, pathos, and logos. Douglass starts out his essay by expressing what the Fourth of July is to slaves in resemblance to the rest of America What have I , or those I represent, to do with your national independence(Douglass 480)? Douglass has credibility because he was a slave(486).He states Fellow-citizens, above your national, degenerate joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, argon, to-day, rendered to a greater extent intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them(480). If Douglass was never a slave, the quote wouldnt had been as powerful in its deliverance. Douglass uses pathos to describe an emotional event that anyone loafer relate to since everyone agrees that children are so innocent. Suddenly you hear a nimble snap your ears are saluted with a scream, that seems to have torn its way to the philia of your soul(486). Douglass is a very good writer and speaker, he does disputative description very well. The thought of someone cruel enough to vanquish the flesh off of a womans back while shes caring her baby, is chilling. Douglass uses a lot of descriptive writing mixed with pathos throughout his essay, and its astound how effective it is.The argument itself, or logos, is slavery. Douglass illustrates his argument throughout the essay. For instance, There is non a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not jockey that slavery is wrong for him(482). Again, at the end of his essay There are forces in operation which must inevitably work the downfall of slavery(487). Frederick Douglass was a master of persuasion, with ethos, pathos, and logos, in his arsenal of charisma.