Nobel prize winner, professor, editor, and novelist, Toni Morrison, wrote an endorsement letter entitled “Toni Morrison's Endorsement Letter to Barack Obama”. It attempts to tell Obama why she thinks he’s a better candidate than his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Morrison uses figurative language and rhetorical devices to prove her point. ¨...truely think of his country's citizens as ¨we,¨ not ¨they¨ ...¨ She states thus because she feels Obama sees the problem as a whole not just a state nor the country. He sees it worldwide. She states a rhetorical question. “... May I describe to you my thoughts?...” she expressed her thoughts on why she feels Obama is a better candidate with facts, reasonings, counters, etc...
One way, Morrison get her point across is by ethos. She used ethos right when she state this statement at the beginning of the letter, “ This letter represents a first for me…” People was starting to think if it's your first time why should I be on your side which she backs up with two reasoning. Reason #1 is to gather supporters numbers #2 is to inform the nation that ignore at their peril and chance. Another line of ethos states “... I have …show more content…
She knew people were going say why not Senator Clinton since you both females, she more experience, her age range, and clearly she's white. That's why Morrison counters that with “... I care little to fit her gender as a source of my admiration… on the fact that no liberal woman has ever ruled in America...nor do I care very much about your race[s]... I would not support you if that was all you had to offer our because it might make me “proud”... I think carefully about the strength of the candidate...” She also makes a statement for Obama “... has nothing to do with age, experience, race, or gender…” then she states what she really sees in him “... That something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equal wisdom…” Morrison says this because she shares the same
One way, Morrison get her point across is by ethos. She used ethos right when she state this statement at the beginning of the letter, “ This letter represents a first for me…” People was starting to think if it's your first time why should I be on your side which she backs up with two reasoning. Reason #1 is to gather supporters numbers #2 is to inform the nation that ignore at their peril and chance. Another line of ethos states “... I have …show more content…
She knew people were going say why not Senator Clinton since you both females, she more experience, her age range, and clearly she's white. That's why Morrison counters that with “... I care little to fit her gender as a source of my admiration… on the fact that no liberal woman has ever ruled in America...nor do I care very much about your race[s]... I would not support you if that was all you had to offer our because it might make me “proud”... I think carefully about the strength of the candidate...” She also makes a statement for Obama “... has nothing to do with age, experience, race, or gender…” then she states what she really sees in him “... That something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equal wisdom…” Morrison says this because she shares the same