The Rhetorical Analysis Of Aung San Suu Kyi - 885 Words

Aung San Suu Kyi is a visionary that fights for Burma, her country, believing that people should fight for democracy and freedom through non-violent movements. She had a clear knowledge of her government and the government that she wanted for her people. As Aung Dan Suu said, it is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it (page 682). In order to bring this matter to the reader’s attention, Aung San Suu employs several rhetorical strategies. She uses the three main rhetorical devices: ethos, pathos, and logos to provide expert opinions on the subject. Through the text â€Å"Freedom from fear†, she made her ideas clear and define for†¦show more content†¦Aung San Suu demonstrates ethos in her speech by contrasting her father with the pacifism of Gandhi by stating: â€Å"The words used by Jawaharlal Nehru to describe Mahatma Gandhi could be applied to A ung San.† (page684). She uses that allusion to show her admiration for Gandhi, whom she identifies as â€Å"Abhaya†, the absence of fear from the mind. Aung San Suu strongly supports his immense contribution to human rights, peace, and non-violent resistance to fight oppression. She uses Gandhi as an example to persuade the reader that, just like him, she is worthy of trust and respect. She wants to show them that she has the same beliefs, same ideology as Gandhi, whom with his moral and methods brought down imperialism, colonialism and dictatorships. Kyi even continues to say that â€Å"there is an inevitable sameness† when she compares Gandhi to her father. A lot of attention focused on her because she is the daughter of once an influential man, so she knows that if she talks about him they would have no problem as to follow her. When it comes to her thoughts about Burma’s governments, Kyi shows a good amount of planning and knowledge when talking about economic growth. She states that: â€Å"Public dissatisfaction with economic hardships has been seen as the chief cause of the movement in Burma, sparked off by the student demonstrations of 1988.† (page682).Show MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pageslamentable. Taken together, the key themes and processes that have been selected as the focus for each of the eight essays provide a way to conceptualize the twentieth century as a coherent unit for teaching, as well as for written narrative and analysis. Though they do not exhaust the crucial strands of historical development that tie the century together—one could add, for example, nationalism and decolonization—they cover in depth the defining phenomena of that epoch, which, as the essays demonstrate