Daniel's Second Speech Rhetorical Devices

The great dictator of the Fictional country of Tomania has finally taken over the country. Before days before his finale parade he is mistaken as a Jew and arrested and sent to a concentration camp. His lookalike, the Jewish barber Schultz, is dressed up in the dictator’s attire and told to assuade the masses at the victory parade which will be televised throughout the world, even though he’s never done public speaking. Ultimately, the speech was received with thunderous applause and unending accolades, both by the audience present and those watching on a television. The purpose of the speech was both to persuade those whom were in favor of a Totalitarian Tomania, and to motivate all listeners to give way to kindness and love. In the story, …show more content…
In the speech Schultz firmly gazes directly into the camera, in his eyes you see a gleam in his eyes, which shows that he his speaking with passionate sincerity.
Schultz opens by stating that his mission is not to become a ruler, but to help all of man-kind. He goes on to talk about how humanity at that time was in a dark place, barricaded in hate. He goes on to talk about how greed gave birth to unnatural, evil machine-men who have lost many of the values which makes us human. In the middle he attempts to motivate those who are in trying, despairing times. He lets everyone know that what is currently occurring is only passing, systemized greed, and the “bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.” And just as all men must die, so will their hate, this cycle allows liberty to persist throughout time. Afterwards he addresses the soldiers present at the parade, telling them that they need to think for themselves, and not blindly follow unnatural machine men, who ultimately want to use them as cannon-fodder, and that they don’t actually hate those whom they are harming, they are just thoughtlessly following men who are only