Orator

Frederick Douglass, a former slave and one of America’s greatest abolitionists, wrote My Bondage and My Freedom, an autobiography, in order to prove he was a slave before being an an incredible orator. In this excerpt, Douglass learns to read at the age of thirteen despite difficulties. Mrs. Auld, Douglass’s former slave owner, initially thinks Douglass deserves to be able to read like her son, Tommy. On page 523, it says, “It was no easy matter to induce her to think and to feel that the…

describes the coldness of the water, framing a lively image of himself shaking and pushing out himself from the water over and over again. --- The orator admits in the…

Plato distinguishes an orator from a philosopher in Gorgias by using Chaerephon and Polus’ discussion, or rather, Polus’ avoidance of the profound topic Chaerephon introduced. He also utilizes the debate between Polus and Socrates to illustrate that Socratic discussion--not an oratorical method of speech--is the only legitimate philosophical path of discovering the truth. Plato, through this debate, later shows the importance of Socratic discussion as a way to comprehend abstract ideas more…

such as Frederick Douglass, whose speeches and writings were extensively recorded and analyzed, Tubman's oratory has largely been transmitted through oral tradition and anecdotal accounts, making it more difficult to assess her impact as a Black orator. The institution of slavery profoundly shaped African American activism and oratory during Tubman's time. Enslaved individuals faced systemic oppression and violence, yet many found ways to resist through acts of rebellion, escape, and advocacy.…

Plato’s novel, The Gorgias, depicts a great discussion regarding Rhetoric, the ability to persuade by means of speech. Although Socrates primarily discusses rhetoric with his interlocutors, it evidently leads to other controversial topics such as: the nature and limits of expertise, nature and convention, hedonism (the pursuit of pleasure) – to name a few. In my justified opinion, the biggest contrast in this novel was the discussion on the nature and limitations of power. Based on the dialogue…

that Lincoln was our 16th president, or that he was called Honest Abe, but there is more to him than that. According to Russell Freedman, Lincoln was an extraordinary speaker. He was a speaker who could draw anyone into listening to him speak, an orator who make perfect sense in whatever situation brought to him. It wasn’t just at the time when he was the president of 1861 through 1865, but he was a great speaker even when trying to achieve his goals. According to Lincoln: A Photobiography, it…

persuasion, which include logos and pathos, when confronting the United Nations. DiCaprio applies modes of persuasion and temporal argumentative techniques when delivering a speech to convince the audience of his viewpoint, which is what an effective orator accomplishes. Throughout the speech DiCaprio is adamant with respect to provoking action from the leaders of the world. DiCaprio states, “Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living but you do not.” Through this…

the Abares. Candide encounters an orator that preaches on the subject of charity, and when he approaches the orator in request for food the orator responds by asking “Do you believe the pope to be the Antichrist” (Voltaire 6). When Candide responded that he had not heard of such matters, the orator denies aiding Candide in any way. Voltaire is satirizing the religious community of his time for being hypocritical despite their pious religious morals. The orator symbolizes the religious people…

Frederick Douglass viewed his enslavers as “criminals”. Frederick Douglass recalls one major event in the passage from, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Douglass describes speeches from a book called, The Columbian Orator. The speeches in the book talked about Catholic emancipation. The meaning for the word emancipation is freedom. He wrote the speeches “gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own…

The Street preacher was almost offended that Candide had no particular stand on the Pope. It is ironic that the Orator was teaching that charity but when Candide displays no opinion; the mood of the character changes into a hypocrite. A person could be crucified if said person rethinks,”Hey maybe what we believe is wrong.” Religion is a vicious cycle; if a person…