Fright or Flight Joseph McCarthy was an incredible speaker. He opened many people's eyes and exposed them to know things that they did not know about. During world war 2 on February 9, 1950 Joseph McCarthy gave a brilliant speech called “Enemies from Within”. Also during McCarthy’s time, many things around the world were happening. Democrats of the united states and communist soviet union were not agreeing on any political terms causing the cold war. The cold war led to many communists to come out and to say what they had to. This led to believe that communists were slowly taking over the government and society. Most of of the communists in the US were referred to as the Red Scare. All these major events did not stop McCarthy to make sure
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He uses these different allusions to compare the situation to what's currently happening. Possibly to show how bad everything is going and this is what it is like. For example, “Five years after a world war has been one, men’s hearts should anticipate a long peace, and men's minds should be free from the heavy weight that comes with war.” (McCarthy para 2). In this quote McCarthy is trying to say that after the war their should be a time of peace. That supposedly after the war ends it brings peace. McCarthy said this because it seems like with the U.S government even after the war the fighting still continues and peace will not happen. Further on in his speech, McCarthy continues to about war and uses allusion to help strengthen his speech. For Example, “Today we can almost physically hear the mutterings and rumbling of an invigorated god of war.” (McCarthy para 3). The god of war was Aries. He created wars he wanted people to be jealous and to fight. McCarthy used the god of war as an example to show how serious this time of war was. Allusion was a big part of McCarthy's speech. Since it helps strike fear into people about how serious this time …show more content…
Secondly he uses alliteration to help emphasize how horrible communism is. To make sure people know about communism and to say that it is real. For Example, “Ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone here tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? Can there be anyone who fails to realize that the communist world has said, “there time is now””. (McCarthy para 5). McCarthy uses alteration to question if anyone is currently oblivious to what is happening to their economy during the 1950’s. People need to know about the current situations that is happening around them. That can affect each individual in many different ways. By McCarthy trying to eliminate communism the red scare slowly started to disappear in the late 1950’s. By him keep pushing and persuading people to end communism. The more people like the red scare actually feared the situation causing them to hide or forget about
He uses these different allusions to compare the situation to what's currently happening. Possibly to show how bad everything is going and this is what it is like. For example, “Five years after a world war has been one, men’s hearts should anticipate a long peace, and men's minds should be free from the heavy weight that comes with war.” (McCarthy para 2). In this quote McCarthy is trying to say that after the war their should be a time of peace. That supposedly after the war ends it brings peace. McCarthy said this because it seems like with the U.S government even after the war the fighting still continues and peace will not happen. Further on in his speech, McCarthy continues to about war and uses allusion to help strengthen his speech. For Example, “Today we can almost physically hear the mutterings and rumbling of an invigorated god of war.” (McCarthy para 3). The god of war was Aries. He created wars he wanted people to be jealous and to fight. McCarthy used the god of war as an example to show how serious this time of war was. Allusion was a big part of McCarthy's speech. Since it helps strike fear into people about how serious this time …show more content…
Secondly he uses alliteration to help emphasize how horrible communism is. To make sure people know about communism and to say that it is real. For Example, “Ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone here tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? Can there be anyone who fails to realize that the communist world has said, “there time is now””. (McCarthy para 5). McCarthy uses alteration to question if anyone is currently oblivious to what is happening to their economy during the 1950’s. People need to know about the current situations that is happening around them. That can affect each individual in many different ways. By McCarthy trying to eliminate communism the red scare slowly started to disappear in the late 1950’s. By him keep pushing and persuading people to end communism. The more people like the red scare actually feared the situation causing them to hide or forget about