Module_B_Essay

Compose and argument for or against the topic: ‘That every text has it use by date’ Consider your prescribed text’s ideas, language and form and its reception in different contexts. You must refer to at least 2 speeches. To state that every text has its use by date would be grossly incorrect. Although the best texts address issues relevant to their social contexts, these issues are often so critically important to us as individuals and as members of society that time could not diminish their value. Speeches addressing major issues have long been used to inform and persuade people using both literary and rhetorical techniques. Two of the premier examples come in Paul Keating’s Remembrance Day eulogy, ‘an unknown soldier’ and Aung San Suu Kyis Keynote address at the Beijing World conference on Women. Both of these orators carefully construct their texts to maximise the effect on their respective audiences, and in doing so they ensure that their texts have a lasting relevance, immune to a use by date. Ideas 1 Keating’s eulogy evokes prominent ideals of patriotism throughout his Remembrance Day address. Keating overall patriotic tone is seen strongly within the speeches 1st stanza through alliteration of the pronoun “we”. Similarly use of inclusive language within the word “we” includes audience members and allows Keating to establish deomcraic commonality, this effect of including all Australians within his speech lets audience members identify with Keating and sense they belong to both the solider and the speaker himself. Furthermore Keating portrays patriotism to his 1993 audience within the 2nd stanza. The quote “one of the 324 000 Australian who served overseas in that war and one of the 60 000 Australians who died on foreign soil” Keating’s clever appeal to logos endears himself to his audience by knowing his topic and again allowing his Australian audience to identify with him and more importantly all the deceased Australian soldiers who defended their country. Keatings clever use of the connotative word “home” juxtaposed against the word “Europe” can not go without mention as keating is able to empathize that Europe is no longer the home for Australians as it once was. Keating patriotism effectively resonates with the human experience and thus obsiously align with audiences today Aung San Suu Kyis lector at the Beijing world conference for women illustrates firm connotations of human rights throughout her video address conversely seen in the lectures 8th paragraph where Aung San Suu Kyi’s uses repetition in the words “dignity” and “freedom” along with her decisive and passionate tone throughout the paragraph to express the importance of human rights ideals giving light to the need of immediate action. Additionally The fact Aung san Suu Kyi simply delivers her lecture from house arrest due to speakers ongoing political harassment by nondemocratic Burmese junta government strengthen her points of human rights principles equally swaying her audience into immediate exploit. Moreover Aung San Suu Kyis use of rhetorical technique logos in the speakers 6th paragraph (DO I NEED AND EXAMPLE OF THE LOGOS OR CAN I JUST SAY THAT')Allow for the speaker to demonstrate her knowledge on the subject matter and sway her 1995 audience into knowing the speaker deploys both logic and reason within her lecture Aung San Suu Kyis thematical understanding of human rights applies as much today as it did in the year 1995 as ideals of anti gender discrimination and socio justice principles are still regonised in society today. Ideas 2 Furthermore Keating’s principles of War seen strongly throughout his Remembrance address allow audiences to realise the relative importance of War in our nation’s history and that labelling such themes as having use by dates would render current society members void of reaping the benefits left available by country men who have died for their nation. Keating demonstrates firm examples within the eulogies 5th paragraph. Keating appeals to pathos through descriptive language, describing the Great War as “mad, brutal, awful struggle”. This use of emotive language again enables Keating to endear himself to his audience and sway attendees at the Remembrance service to believe the solider “did not die in vain”. Keating again illustrates connotations of War through clever use of rhetorical device in the eulogies 6th paragraph. Keating employs a massive evocation of pathos by appealing to the ordinary people in the audience and in doing so enables the audience a certain sense of connectivity with those who have experienced war when saying “For out of the war came a lesson which transcended the horror and tragedy...it was a lesson about ordinary people- and the lesson was that they were not ordinary”. Aung San Suu Kyis Key note address enables observers to realise the sheer importance the changing role of women plays in ensuring texts central to human experience are void of a use by date. Aung San Suu Kyi is able to exemplify such an example within her 4th paragraph. Aung San Suu Kyi employs bright use of logos to describe the tradiontal role of women throughout history depicting them as “nurturing, protecting and caring”. She uses both her logic and reason to query the potential women are capable of bringing to society stating “sustaining life in the conext of the home and family, it is time to apply this in the arena of world”. This use of logos influences audience members and strengthens her ideas of women’s changing roles in society. Aung San Suu Key parallels similar examples within the lectures 7th paragraph. She uses a strong example of imagery to inform the audience “its not the prerogative of men alone to bring light to this world: women with their capacity for compassion and self sacrifice...done much to disspate the darkness”. This again positions the conferences audience into believing the role of women amongst society is changed or changing. Similarly the use of proverb parable to state “the dawn rises only when the rooster crows” provokes scorn and anger from a predominantly female audience and again sways audience members to her side of the argument.