In Memory Banda’s TedTalk (“A Warrior’s Cry”), Banda uses different and effective rhetorical devices in her TedTalk to elaborate on a big issue in third world countries. She discusses the issue of child marriage in her country, Malawi, and uses her personal story to explain to the audience what all was going on. Banda uses ethos, pathos and logos in order to share her views on child marriage and what she went through. In the TedTalk, Banda is addressing other people who are concerned about the rights of children in third world countries and those that are interested in giving a hand and helping out. Banda’s TedTalk was effective because she was able to use her personal story and discussed what she did in her community to change child marriage.
She uses pathos the most throughout her …show more content…
She uses logos by giving logical facts about when these young girls go to these camps that they could also get AIDs or HIVs because of the men not using protection and it is more prone to get those diseases in a poor country like Malawi. The only rhetorical device that was ineffective would be logos because Banda didn’t go into detail about statistics or logical fact about child marriage. If Banda did have statistics on the average young Malawi getting pregnant or married, then it could have strengthened her …show more content…
The purpose of this TedTalk was to show the audience what young girls in Malawi and in other third world countries have to go through when it comes to child marriage. She is making a point that in other third world countries and especially in small communities, people need to truly enforce the law that was put into place to protect these young girls. These are all the reasons for Banda wanting to show the audience how big of an issue child marriage is and for her going public about her personal