Ultimately, Menchú's masterful use of tone not only highlights the urgency and necessity of education but also instills a sense of hope and resilience, encouraging her audience to actively participate in the quest for a more equitable and enlightened world.
Moreover, Menchú distinguishes a strong tone to broadcast his argument for why global education is essential. She explicates an assertive tone when she explains how all countries in the world need to focus on education. Menchú states, “Solutions will come when the world becomes educated about global values, the common values of its inhabitants and communities” (Menchú 3). Her assertive tone serves as a inspiration to global change. This approach effectively moves her audience toward working for change on a global scale. By illustrating the impact of education in shaping a better future demonstrates that education is a shared reasonability among all other countries. However, Menchú also uses tone in an urgent way to her audience. She says, “We are living in a troubled world, in a time of great uncertainty”. (Menchú 1). Rigoberta Menchú exploits her tone through this quote by her choice of words such as, “troubled world” and “great uncertainty” as she harnesses her listeners to pay attention and take action in the immediate need for social and political change creating her argument being able to resignate with others as her urgent tone pushes her audience to recognize the importance of the moment. Besides Menchú having a direct tone helps convey her message and purpose. She later compares the tragedies in Guatemala into a positive event by her optimistic tone. She describes the recent historical events in a negative connotation until she contrasts by saying “however, these things have also allowed us to learn something more in our experience of the world” (Menchú 12). The contrast between her direct, tragic observations and then her hopeful reflection. This shift in tone shows that despite injustice there is potential for learning. By this tone shift Menchú can inspire her audience to see determination within oppressed communities like the indigenous people.
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