Øregård Gymnasium Engelsk 1.s
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William Rode Bager (RL)

Reclaiming the American Dream
In 2007, Barack Obama announced his desire to become President of the United States. He succeeded in 2008, and was elected as the American President. However, the path to become the president was not easy. In one of his speeches, namely the one he held in Iowa in November 2007, he deals with the American dream, and how he believes that The United States can reclaim ‘The American Dream’. In this historical period (2007), the necessity of a new leadership was necessary. The reason for this was the Great Unemployment during the Great Recession. In economics, this means a general reduction in economic activity. Consequently, Banks began to collapse and there was no insurance deposit, as bank failure was considered quite common. This started to worry the depositors that they might have a chance of losing all their investments. Therefore, they started to extract money and chanced it into currency. This forced banks to pay off assets - such as call in loans rather than create new loans. In banking and finance, it meant liquidate. All this, creates a recession, which reduces the employment and productivity. This drove the American population to the conviction, that the only way to avoid The Great Recession was new political leadership.
My main focus of this paper concerns the devices in rhetoric that appeals to an audience. These are called ethos, pathos and logos. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle referred to them as “the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion”. Beneath, I have clarified and explained these terms or so-called ‘modes of persuasion’: Ethos: The ability to create authority. Pathos: The emotional and motivational appeal to the audience. Logos: The logic used to