To those that have a little sibling, how do you manipulate them into doing something, for example a chore, for you? You would use the art of persuasion. Patrick Henry did the same thing to the colonists residing in 18th century America. This was a time when rebellion was a stranger to society. People did what they were told and blindly listened to sermons and the Bible. But times change. People started reasoning out their problems. And one big problem for the colonists, and especially Patrick Henry, was why listen to a king across the Atlantic. Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” best effectively uses pathos on the colonists because they needed an emotional push to fight. In order to make the colonists fight though, he needed
