Before reading George Kennedy’s essay, it never really occurred to me how rhetoric began to exist and how that affected speech as it is today. When I read that rhetoric is shown through many animals and existed long before us humans, I was so intrigued with that idea because it wasn't something I ever thought about in explicit details. When I think of rhetoric or speech, my mind instantly goes to the evolution of humans; how we use our ability to speak effectively to our advantage in our day to day life. I would've never thought that rhetoric would've been heavily shown throughout the animals that exist. I guess that's the beauty of it all though. Rhetoric isn't just based upon writing and reading, it's based off the body; gestures, expressions,
