"FBI Released a Document Proving Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun fled to Argentina in a Submarine" is an article, which explores the idea that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide and escaped to Argentina. Adolf Hitler's alleged escape has been a controversial issue since the end of World War II. The article attempts to highlight these issues and the facts behind this well-known conspiracy theory with official documents from the FBI. The anonymous writer tries to employ many rhetorical strategies such as ethos and logos, to convince his audience that Adolf Hitler escaped to Argentina with help from the FBI. In the writer's attempt to use an abundance of evidence to justify his conspiracy theory many inconsistencies and logical faults were created.
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The author made his claims seem authentic by using the FBI's questionable reputation and credibility to gain support for his conspiracy theory. For example, the reporter uses the FBI's known reputation for hiding events and evidence, to bolster his claims. The attack on the FBI's reputation, allowed the reporter to instill the idea that his assertions are accurate because the FBI cannot be trusted. The writer uses the lack of faith in the FBI and tries to establish a connection between the FBI's history of corruption and the conspiracy theory that the FBI helped Hitler escape to South America. Also, the writer used the credibility of well-known and trusted individuals to support his conspiracy theory. For example, the writer uses president Dwight D. Eisenhower's quote about his uncertainty of Hitler's death, as evidence supporting his claim. As president of the United States, everyone should find Dwight Eisenhower as a credible source. Therefore, the speaker assumes his theory is correct because the president of the United States also believes that Adolf Hitler might have …show more content…
Overall, the use of logos and ethos works well in certain parts of the article but fails in other. The many failures to employ ethos and logos within the article caused many inconsistencies and breakdowns in logic. These inconsistencies in the article includes lack of relevant information and evidence, asking questions without a specific answer, and failure to correlation evidence to the conspiracy theory. Despite the many faults in logic, the article does a great job of explaining the alleged escape of Adolf
The author made his claims seem authentic by using the FBI's questionable reputation and credibility to gain support for his conspiracy theory. For example, the reporter uses the FBI's known reputation for hiding events and evidence, to bolster his claims. The attack on the FBI's reputation, allowed the reporter to instill the idea that his assertions are accurate because the FBI cannot be trusted. The writer uses the lack of faith in the FBI and tries to establish a connection between the FBI's history of corruption and the conspiracy theory that the FBI helped Hitler escape to South America. Also, the writer used the credibility of well-known and trusted individuals to support his conspiracy theory. For example, the writer uses president Dwight D. Eisenhower's quote about his uncertainty of Hitler's death, as evidence supporting his claim. As president of the United States, everyone should find Dwight Eisenhower as a credible source. Therefore, the speaker assumes his theory is correct because the president of the United States also believes that Adolf Hitler might have …show more content…
Overall, the use of logos and ethos works well in certain parts of the article but fails in other. The many failures to employ ethos and logos within the article caused many inconsistencies and breakdowns in logic. These inconsistencies in the article includes lack of relevant information and evidence, asking questions without a specific answer, and failure to correlation evidence to the conspiracy theory. Despite the many faults in logic, the article does a great job of explaining the alleged escape of Adolf