“The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo.” That isn’t particularly smart, considering they are 8,911 km (or 5537.039 miles) apart. So why did General George Patton tell the 3rd Army this? Because they were about to enter into the biggest push of their lives. It was the middle of WWII, and they were forcing Nazi troops out of Normandy. When he spoke to his men, he wanted them to be brave and fight as hard as humanly possible. He spoke with such passion, inspiration, and power that people had to listen. The use of syntax pulls you in. The diction he uses makes him feel more relatable. And the feelings he invokes with the use of Pathos are incredible. These are the things that make Patton’s speech such a memorable one.
Patton’s sentence
Patton’s sentence