Captain America Persuasive Essay

In a speech delivered by Captain America and Mark Twain to Spider-Man on the issue of how it feels to be label as a traitor from the American public, Captain America builds a case for himself against the general public about what it truly means to be patriotic. The authors effectively do their persuasion through the use of asking rhetorical questions, using repetition of words and phrases, and by ending their speech with a powerful simile.
In the very beginning of the conversation between Captain America and Spider-Man, Captain America recalls what it truly meant to be an American in which he then begins to reiterate Mark Twain’s speech. To get Spider-Man (and the reader) to think about what it means to be American, Twain starts his speech
Captain America uses a simile to create a firm image in Spider-Man’s mind to make him remember to be strong in what he believes in. Captain America speech comes to end when he states “When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world, ‘No. You move’” (paragraph 12).Captain America using this simile to end off his speech because he is trying to get Spider-Man to remember that he should stay plant and not budge (or in other words change upon other request), rather, he should for himself judge what is right and what is wrong. By using a simile as rhetorical strategy, Spider-Man begins to see himself to become rigid just like a tree in which his entire demeanor changes on the way he acts. In addition, Spider-Man no longer sees himself to be strong in what he believes in and not falter from those who try to change him. This simile also impacts Spider-Man to not flow with the rapid currents of judgement and instead stand strong for he believes in. Finally, this makes Spider-Man feel motivated and patriotic for he is following the key notion the nation was derived from…” stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the