Rhetorical Analysis Of Duty, Honor, Country

The famous speech titled “Duty, Honor, Country” was delivered 12 May 1962, at West Point, New York by General Douglas MacArthur when receiving the Sylvanus Thayer Award (The Sylvanus Thayer Award was awarded annually by the Graduates Association to 'an outstanding citizen of the United States whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplifying personal devotion to the ideals expressed in the West Point motto, 'Duty, Honor, Country'.) as an acceptance speech for his award and also a valedictory speech for the graduating cadets of United States Military Academy, West Point. The audience is made up of predominantly West point graduates obviously not limited to the West Point graduates seated in the audience are other Generals, …show more content…
He encouraged the cadets to make duty, honor and country their watchword and live up to the expectations of those words. The author was able to persuade his audience in whose seat he was seated fifty nine years ago, by effective combining the three elements of rhetorical analysis which are ethos, logos and …show more content…
Attaining the rank of five star general is the peak of his profession as a soldier even the occasion of the acceptance of the award is a confirmation of that fact when he said “ Coming from a profession I have served so long, and a people I have loved so well, it fill me with an emotion I cannot express.” General Douglas MacArthur’s credibility, reputation and success gave him an advantage to speak to the graduates of West point as a subject matter expert in his noble