Ronald Reagan’s speech “Tear Down this Wall” has moved the citizens of Berlin to hope that, with the aid of the United States of America, freedom will soon come. Reagan created his influential speech by utilizing rhetorical devices. The appeal to a person’s emotions is called pathos, it is used to persuade. As vocalized by President Reagan “There in Berlin, like the city itself, symbols of love, symbols of worship, cannot be suppressed,” and further on in the passage, “For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The Wall cannot withstand freedom”. The quote first explains how the people of Berlin are very strong in all moral traits, which makes them resilient. Then it illuminates how the wall cannot stand if faced with those
