Analyzing The Essay 'Why They Serve' By Sarah Palin
Serving in the Army
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In the text, ”Why They Serve” by Sarah Palin she discusses why her own son Track enlisted in the military and deployment in Iraq. In her opinion the men and women who serve in the US Army and especially those who are deployed overseas serve with an outstanding sense of duty and patriotism. She wrote the text when she was governor of Alaska and with a possibility of becoming vice-president. She speaks about how she admires the young soldiers who have possibly never known the absence of freedom and have been privileged with homes, education and opportunities in life. They grew up knowing the freedom and the security that comes with being an American and living in a democratic society. As she says, “They could be off …show more content…
For example she says, “But America isn’t just another country, it’s an exceptional country. (…) That idea is that all human beings have a God-given right to be free.”
She wants the reader to know that America is special and not least the young men and women in the military. Perhaps she wants this to engage the reader and some people to fight for their country because it too is special.
In this text the word “freedom” is used frequently. In the USA there are a lot of different people of different colours and races but the thing that Americans want to believe is a basic American right is and that unites them is their belief in freedom.
Sarah Palin describes herself as an ordinary American woman whose child is going to war many miles away. She also presents herself as the vice-presidential running mate for John McCain and this is use of the appeal form ethos.
She uses an old quote from the respected former president Ronald Reagan, “You all know that some things are worth dying for.” The speech was delivered on the 40th anniversary of the D-Day which is a national event everybody in America knows and honours. People can relate to this, relate to idea of dying for freedom and democracy like their fathers and grandfathers did. She uses this quote to once again appeal to the readers sense of
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In the text, ”Why They Serve” by Sarah Palin she discusses why her own son Track enlisted in the military and deployment in Iraq. In her opinion the men and women who serve in the US Army and especially those who are deployed overseas serve with an outstanding sense of duty and patriotism. She wrote the text when she was governor of Alaska and with a possibility of becoming vice-president. She speaks about how she admires the young soldiers who have possibly never known the absence of freedom and have been privileged with homes, education and opportunities in life. They grew up knowing the freedom and the security that comes with being an American and living in a democratic society. As she says, “They could be off …show more content…
For example she says, “But America isn’t just another country, it’s an exceptional country. (…) That idea is that all human beings have a God-given right to be free.”
She wants the reader to know that America is special and not least the young men and women in the military. Perhaps she wants this to engage the reader and some people to fight for their country because it too is special.
In this text the word “freedom” is used frequently. In the USA there are a lot of different people of different colours and races but the thing that Americans want to believe is a basic American right is and that unites them is their belief in freedom.
Sarah Palin describes herself as an ordinary American woman whose child is going to war many miles away. She also presents herself as the vice-presidential running mate for John McCain and this is use of the appeal form ethos.
She uses an old quote from the respected former president Ronald Reagan, “You all know that some things are worth dying for.” The speech was delivered on the 40th anniversary of the D-Day which is a national event everybody in America knows and honours. People can relate to this, relate to idea of dying for freedom and democracy like their fathers and grandfathers did. She uses this quote to once again appeal to the readers sense of