Malala is effectively using Pathos in this excerpt. She appeals to the emotions and feelings of her audience by highlighting the injustices around education and emphasizing the urgency and importance of ensuring education for every child. By portraying a sense of collective responsibility and invoking the shared experiences of children, she stirs empathy and motivates action.
Read the excerpt below from the 2014 Nobel Prize speech by education activist Malala Yousafzai:
“Leaders must seize this opportunity to guarantee a free, quality, primary and secondary education for every child. Some will say this is impractical, or too expensive, or too hard. Or maybe even impossible. But it is time the world thinks bigger. Dear sisters and brothers, the so-called world of adults may understand it, but we children don’t. Why is it that countries which we call “strong” are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard? We are living in the modern age and we believe that nothing is impossible. We have reached the moon 45 years ago and maybe will soon land on Mars. Then, in this 21st century, we must be able to give every child quality education. Dear sisters and brothers, dear fellow children, we must work … not wait. Not just the politicians and the world leaders, we all need to contribute. Me. You. We. It is our duty. Let us become the first generation that decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potentials.”
What rhetorical strategy is Malala using effectively here
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Ethos
Ethos
Logos
Logos
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