The speaker in “Democracy” believes that democracy is not fair because not everyone has their own equal rights and is unable or unwilling to do anything about it. The evidence that supports my statement is, “I do not need my freedom when i'm dead, I cannot live on tomorrow's bread”(pg 112). Hughes uses theme to show the reader that African American men need their freedom now they can't wait until …show more content…
The evidence to support my statement is “if we vote ‘guilty,’ we send the accused to the electric chair”(pg 101). Rose uses theme to show that you need to have at least a little bit of sympathy to put yourself into the other person's shoes and the least you can do is talk about it. Another piece of evidence is “This has to be a twelve-to-nothing vote either way, that’s the law”(pg 102). Rose uses the strategy of mood to show that it all depends on what they are saying if someone is going to step up and talk about to change people's minds because they can be chosing the wrong decision. The last piece of evidence is “I'm not trying to change your mind it's just that we're talking about someone's life here, suppose were wrong”(pg 104). Rose uses the strategy of drama to show that you have to chose wisely and think about the decisions that they are