often applied to analyze political discourse including the public speech‚ in which the speaker wins favorite response from the audience. This paper‚ based on Critical Discourse Analysis theory and Systematic Functional Linguistics‚ analyzes Barack Obama’s presidential speeches mainly from the point of transitivity and modality‚ in which we can learn the language how to serve the ideology and power. Moreover‚ we can have a better understanding of the political purpose of these speeches. Index Terms—
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The Warrior Ethos Steven Pressfield Where does the warrior ethos come from‚ where did it begin and who started this way of life? That is one of the few things Pressfield explains in this book. Does it come from the parents‚ society‚ or is it taught? What forms of training really work when it comes to teaching this so called warrior ethos? Well this book explains throughout history the different types of warriors and how each group of warriors tried to influence and teach this way of life
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[Obama ’s Gun Ban] The reasons I am against Obama’s gun ban is as follows. The Second Amendment states that the people have the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. When the government steps in and starts deciding what kind of arms we can and cannot keep‚ or what we cannot bear that is an infringement on our rights I will cover several reasons why are gun rights should not be infringed upon by Obama’s gun ban His ban targets the wrong weapon to begin with‚ most weapons used
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In order to appeal to the ethos of the audience‚ Batman is presented as an honorable hero for taking the blame for Dent’s crime. Though the movie producers are successful at persuading the audience of the honor of Batman‚ it is also confusing to have Batman not be the hero at the
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The Warrior Ethos is a book that analyses warrior cultures from the past and present. From Adam and Eve to the Spartans and U.S Marines‚ Steven Pressfield expresses the “Warrior Ethos” in so many different ways because there is no definitive answer. The dictionary defines “Ethos” as “The moral character‚ nature‚ disposition and customs of a people or culture.” Where does our Warrior Ethos come from? Are we born with it or do we develop it over a period of time? The correct answer
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women’s rights movements‚ and reform of school‚ prison and institutional systems. All of the reform movements that began in the early 19th century enabled the expansion of the most important Democratic ideal‚ the inalienable rights to life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is a core belief in Democratic idealism that all humans are endowed with the right to life and the reform movements of the early-mid 1800’s expanded that ideal. A large role in the expansion of the right to life during
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Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention 1954 The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - First Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - Second Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 26 March 1999 | | The High Contracting Parties‚ Recognizing that cultural property has suffered grave damage during recent armed conflicts and that‚ by reason of the developments in the technique of warfare‚ it is in increasing danger of destruction;
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has to live to a certain standard in every part of their life. We are trained to be warriors. As such we have a code‚ a set of ethos to live by‚ to guide our lives‚ on and off the field. Mission first‚ never accept defeat‚ never quit‚ never leave a fallen comrade‚ these are the guidelines by which each and every Army soldier lives by. To better describe this set of ethos I have chosen to pull scenes from the movie “Men of Honor”. As a forewarning‚ this movie has one big flaw‚ it’s about the Navy
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speech at his funeral(Holt). Brutus is alright with it‚ but Brutus wants to go first in front of Antony’s speech. They both are great speeches and both use either logos‚ ethos and pathos very well. When we compare and contrast the two speeches we see who went wrong or what went wrong and will also see who used logos‚ ethos or pathos the best. When Brutus thought of his speech he overestimated his audience(enotes). He thinks of the Roman people as if they are all educated like him or at least
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this world. Would there even be bad guys. Superheroes are stood thing and they can make your dreams come true and make you feel like a giant but if they were real this world would have no point. Superman is guy who wears a red and blue suit with a logo and he doesn’t wear a mask. He is a main key
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