Rhetorical Analysis Of Aristotle's Big Three '

In her speech, she heavily relies on Aristotle’s Big Three, which consist of pathos appealing to the audiences emotions, ethos proving credibility of an author to the audience, or logos convincing the audience with logic. Toward the beginning, Emma Gonzalez doesn’t hesitate to use logos toward the idea of how easily a firearm can be purchased. She represents her thought as; “In Florida, to buy a gun you do not need a permit, you do not need a gun license, and once you buy it you do not need to register it. You do not need a permit to carry a concealed rifle or shotgun. You can buy as many guns as you want at one time” (Gonzalez 1). Pathos was her main appeal throughout the entire speech as she spoke of how much this experience affected her.
The start of this anaphora was shown when she claims; “The people in the government who were voted into power are lying to us. And us kids seem to be the only ones who notice and our parents to call BS. Companies trying to make caricatures of the teenagers these days, saying that all we are self-involved and trend-obsessed and they hush us into submission when our message doesn't reach the ears of the nation, we are prepared to call BS” (3). Then Emma lists out many arguments made by the other side of the narrative when it comes to gun control and states “We call BS” after each one. This provokes an uplifting of the audience and ends with her telling them to let their voices be heard through voting. Many times Gonzalez brought attention to the valuing of protecting guns more than human lives. Nonetheless, metaphors were key to making the issue of gun control relatable to the audience. She used this device as; “We certainly do not understand why it should be harder to make plans with friends on weekends than to buy an automatic or semi-automatic weapon” (1). This metaphor relates to the easy access of purchasing a dangerous firearm compared to complication between friends simply planning. In our society, the government and adults seem to ignore the viewpoints of the chen, but Gonzalez decides to take a stand. Yet again, she utilizes a metaphor to link the students and the powerful figures as; When we've had our say with the government -- and maybe the adults have gotten used to saying 'it is what it is,' but if us students have learned anything, it's that if you don't study, you will fail. And in this case if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it's time to start doing something” (2). In the transcript, the gut word “OK” is in all caps and reflects how