James Winston's 'Heisman Trophy Acceptance Address'

College Athlete, James Winston in his, "Heisman Trophy Acceptance Address," delivered December 14, 2013 in New York, receiving this Heisman Trophy will make Winston among the youngest to obtain this award. Winston's purpose was to emphasize those attending and listening his appreciation for the award and his great accomplishment. Winston adopts a gracious tone in order to appeal to his audience through emotions and ethics about his life experiences. The first steps in a great speech is to cooperate emotions and feelings to his audience. Convincing them to stay intrigued by creating an emotional response. Winston uses his heart wrenching stories to appeal to his audience emotions. He refers back when he was younger and not the man he is today saying. "I remember when my dad trusted in the process, when he risked his job and was jobless three years ago, when I was out there, doing whatever I did to provide for my family." Giving them a sense of imagery and idea of how Winston's household was like and how it has grown. This appeals to pathos because listeners of the less fortunate a chance to relate and …show more content…
Winston commands automatic ethics with his incredible play throughout his college career. With this Winston has adopted many fans that looks up to him and what he does. Winston summarizes his great success by referring to his hard work by saying, " the process," over and over again during his speech, giving listeners repetition showing them how important "the process," is. As a reader you then wonder what he is saying, " I trusted the process when I went against the grain of making a decision with FSU coach Jimbo Fisher." That is the coach that led James Winston to the huge accomplishment, but he trusted him and sustained his coaching strategies. Giving listeners, readers, and audiences an cause and effect of the life changing decision that paved the way to his