The 1992 Democratic Nation Convention Elizabeth Glaser, someone who was fighting the AIDS virus, audaciously addressed the 1992 Democratic Nation Convention about the spread of the AIDS virus and other sexually transmitted disease along with the inequitable treatment that most Americans were getting. Glaser’s was an active member in the fight against the spread of AIDS. She gave a speech in front of a Democratic Convention and was a founder of an organization to stop the spread of AIDS. Glaser gives her personal life story about her fight with AIDS and the effect it had on her life and her children’s life’s who were also infected in her speech to the Convention. The speech consisted of the lessons she learned with her daughter who had died
…show more content…
After Glaser tells us how she got AIDS she introduces her speech off by stating that “Today I am here because it’s a matter of life and death. Exactly four years ago my daughter died of AIDS” (2). She uses tone to bring a sense of seriousness by simply stating that she’s addressing the Democratic Convection not just to try to make change, but because she need to do something that can bring change because her life depends upon it. Glaser brings in the tone of urgency when she addresses that her daughter has already died of aids at the time of the Convention. She gives people the impression that she too has little time left to live. Glaser says to the Democratic Convention “I challenge you to make it happen, because all of our live depend on it, not just mine, depend on it” (4). She uses pathos, as someone who has been affected with AIDS, to express that the ramification of AIDS, which is death, is eventfully going to effect everyone not just the people currently with AIDS. Her compression of her life and others life’s being effected the same way brings attention to the subject of AIDS, it makes people feel like it could sneak up on them or their loved ones. Glaser’s sense of urgency sets a key role in making her speech …show more content…
In her speech Glaser talks about how Americans need to change the government in order to make America safe and give the people who need help a place of hope. To begin Glaser states that “Along the way I learned how unfair America can be today, not just for people who have HIV but for many, many people” (2). She Uses pathos to start her argument that the the government is selfish and greedy. Glaser brings to attention that other Americans are being affected by our government. She builds up a foundation to build her points on the subject of government by connecting other Americans to people who are infected with HIV and AIDS. Secondly “I believe in an America but not with a leadership of selfishness and greed…my aids care cost over 40,000 dollars a year someone without insurance cannot afford this” (3). Glaser tells us that she will believe in an America that is more considerate than the current government. She uses logos by showing us how people who aren’t well off are being deeply effected by the greed of this country when she gives us the unreasonable amount of 40,000 dollars that she is paying for the treatment of AIDS. Average Americans can not pay for the expensive treatment of AIDS. This shows us the greed and selfishness in America by showing a person must pay a lump sum of cash in order to be treated
After Glaser tells us how she got AIDS she introduces her speech off by stating that “Today I am here because it’s a matter of life and death. Exactly four years ago my daughter died of AIDS” (2). She uses tone to bring a sense of seriousness by simply stating that she’s addressing the Democratic Convection not just to try to make change, but because she need to do something that can bring change because her life depends upon it. Glaser brings in the tone of urgency when she addresses that her daughter has already died of aids at the time of the Convention. She gives people the impression that she too has little time left to live. Glaser says to the Democratic Convention “I challenge you to make it happen, because all of our live depend on it, not just mine, depend on it” (4). She uses pathos, as someone who has been affected with AIDS, to express that the ramification of AIDS, which is death, is eventfully going to effect everyone not just the people currently with AIDS. Her compression of her life and others life’s being effected the same way brings attention to the subject of AIDS, it makes people feel like it could sneak up on them or their loved ones. Glaser’s sense of urgency sets a key role in making her speech …show more content…
In her speech Glaser talks about how Americans need to change the government in order to make America safe and give the people who need help a place of hope. To begin Glaser states that “Along the way I learned how unfair America can be today, not just for people who have HIV but for many, many people” (2). She Uses pathos to start her argument that the the government is selfish and greedy. Glaser brings to attention that other Americans are being affected by our government. She builds up a foundation to build her points on the subject of government by connecting other Americans to people who are infected with HIV and AIDS. Secondly “I believe in an America but not with a leadership of selfishness and greed…my aids care cost over 40,000 dollars a year someone without insurance cannot afford this” (3). Glaser tells us that she will believe in an America that is more considerate than the current government. She uses logos by showing us how people who aren’t well off are being deeply effected by the greed of this country when she gives us the unreasonable amount of 40,000 dollars that she is paying for the treatment of AIDS. Average Americans can not pay for the expensive treatment of AIDS. This shows us the greed and selfishness in America by showing a person must pay a lump sum of cash in order to be treated