A Rhetorical Analysis Of Eva Olsson's Speech

“Hate is a killer.” Eva Olsson’s words are hard-hitting and impossible to forget. They’ll change us for the better, and make us more aware of what our history held. There were three messages that stuck out for me: don’t take anything for granted, don’t be bystander or bully, and qualities of a good leader.

Imagine: you’re in Germany, it’s the early 1930’s. Hitler is on the rise to take over your homeland. Millions of Jewish people have been murdered, and you’re supporting it. If there hadn’t been any bystanders, the Holocaust would not have occurred and six million Jewish people would not have died. A bystander is just as bad as a bully. Even when they know what the oppressor’s doing is immoral, they still let it persist. It’s forming a judgement that no one cares about the victim, making them feel hopeless. In short, Eva Olsson’s speech about bystanders and bullies persuaded me to stop any bullies and not be a bystander.
During the Eva Olsson presentation, she showed us an example of a good leader, his name is Gandhi. A good leader has to guide his/her followers from darkness into light, in other words, they have to guide followers from bad to good. Hitler did the opposite. He led people from good to bad, brainwashing citizens into believing Jews were bad. Eva demonstrated many qualities of how to be good leader, and in the future, I will try to follow