A. You go to work every day to make someone else’s dreams come true. Underpaid, unappreciated, exploited and overworked. For years many workers rights advocates have fought for you. You think your work conditions are terrible now, they were worse. One of the most famous and accomplished advocates was John Lewis a devoted workers’ rights advocate who fought for many advancements we take for granted today.
B. 1. America is built and founded off labor. A lot of advancement in the workplace today have been won by unions and the efforts of labor organizations. John Lewis founded one of the biggest institutions that is at the forefront of the labor movement, the CIO (Committee for Industrial Organizations, now the Congress of Industrial Organizations.) …show more content…
Murphy, J. M. (1990). 'A TIME OF SHAME AND SORROW': ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND THE AMERICAN JEREMIAD. Quarterly Journal Of Speech, 76(4), 401.
a. In Kennedy’s speech the Jeremiad is used to restore social harmony. He is trying to enact social control by using the Jeremiad.
3. Unlike Murphy and Williams I analyze how Lewis uses the Jeremiad to unite the population and achieve a goal. He isn’t trying to restore social harmony but unite a front to fight for their share of their labor. Lewis is trying to fight back the anti-worker regime.
Analysis
1. Jeremiad – critique of society, and paints a picture of a better world if a certain goal is met. In Lewis speech he talks about uniting to take their share of labor.
2. Ethos and Pathos- Aristotle’s concept of rhetoric. Ethos is character of a person. Pathos is an emotional appeal. Lewis uses vivid imagery to invoke an emotional response from the audience. He also causes the audience to judge the character of those that oppress the labor movement.
3. Stein, S. (1979). The American Historical Review, 84(4), 1141-1142. doi:1. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1904781 doi:1
Religious preaching’s condemning society and preaching the future led to the creation of the middle class. The preaching’s of puritans pushed society to where it is …show more content…
Criticizes the exploitation of millions of working Americans.
a. “Out of the agony and travail of economic America the Committee for Industrial Organization was born. To millions of Americans exploited without stint by corporate industry and socially debased beyond the understanding of the fortunate, its coming was as welcomed as the dawn to the night watcher.”
b. Lewis criticizes the exploitation of American workers saying it has led to the need of the creation of the CIO.
c. First part of the jeremiad, criticizing a part of society.
2. Paints a vivid picture of the chaos appealing to the emotions of the audience.
a. “During this strike, 18 steel workers were either shot to death or had their brains clubbed out by police, or armed thugs in the pay of the steel companies.”
b. The vivid imagery appeals to the audiences emotions. Also calls on their character by agitating the
B. 1. America is built and founded off labor. A lot of advancement in the workplace today have been won by unions and the efforts of labor organizations. John Lewis founded one of the biggest institutions that is at the forefront of the labor movement, the CIO (Committee for Industrial Organizations, now the Congress of Industrial Organizations.) …show more content…
Murphy, J. M. (1990). 'A TIME OF SHAME AND SORROW': ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND THE AMERICAN JEREMIAD. Quarterly Journal Of Speech, 76(4), 401.
a. In Kennedy’s speech the Jeremiad is used to restore social harmony. He is trying to enact social control by using the Jeremiad.
3. Unlike Murphy and Williams I analyze how Lewis uses the Jeremiad to unite the population and achieve a goal. He isn’t trying to restore social harmony but unite a front to fight for their share of their labor. Lewis is trying to fight back the anti-worker regime.
Analysis
1. Jeremiad – critique of society, and paints a picture of a better world if a certain goal is met. In Lewis speech he talks about uniting to take their share of labor.
2. Ethos and Pathos- Aristotle’s concept of rhetoric. Ethos is character of a person. Pathos is an emotional appeal. Lewis uses vivid imagery to invoke an emotional response from the audience. He also causes the audience to judge the character of those that oppress the labor movement.
3. Stein, S. (1979). The American Historical Review, 84(4), 1141-1142. doi:1. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1904781 doi:1
Religious preaching’s condemning society and preaching the future led to the creation of the middle class. The preaching’s of puritans pushed society to where it is …show more content…
Criticizes the exploitation of millions of working Americans.
a. “Out of the agony and travail of economic America the Committee for Industrial Organization was born. To millions of Americans exploited without stint by corporate industry and socially debased beyond the understanding of the fortunate, its coming was as welcomed as the dawn to the night watcher.”
b. Lewis criticizes the exploitation of American workers saying it has led to the need of the creation of the CIO.
c. First part of the jeremiad, criticizing a part of society.
2. Paints a vivid picture of the chaos appealing to the emotions of the audience.
a. “During this strike, 18 steel workers were either shot to death or had their brains clubbed out by police, or armed thugs in the pay of the steel companies.”
b. The vivid imagery appeals to the audiences emotions. Also calls on their character by agitating the