FINAL COPY FRANCES CORONEL

In Patrick Henrys Speech to the VA. Convention, the author casts emotional appeal as well as constant use of parallelism in order to influence the American people to wage war with Great Britain. Parallelism is used to petition Henrys proposed strategies of reform and encourages combat as well as shows possible consequences to idleness. He uses if we while addressing the Convention to point out that America must toil together and collaborate against the British in order to preserve their freedom. If we wish to be free- if we mean to preserve [...], if we mean not [...] -Patrick Henry talks of America as a whole nation in unity while speaking of his tenacious goals of self-government. At the end of this bold and significant statement of cause, Henry concludes with a captivating argument of the Americans needing to fight back or to suffer the most undesirable lack of all their rights. Henry also claims that the American public has attempted to abolish their slavery to absolutely no prevail. He finds that although they have petitioned [...], have remonstrated [...], have supplicated [...and] have prostrated, they are still no closer to liberation. Henry also feels that especially the ministry and parliament of Britain has kept them under their full wing of authority and he highlights the shortcoming endeavors of the Americans averting them. Emotional exhortations are used to entice the dominant religious groupings and he brings forth his own personal moral excellence and devotion, overall encouraging optimistic prospects of the soon to be uprisings. Henry perceives God is on the American side of this entire situation and shall help them throughout war appealing passionately to the foregoing pious virtues that towered above many people. He feels there is a just God [...] who will raise up friends to continually support them in combat, lightening the overall conditions by placing theological spark. This grants the people increased confidence and an enlightening hope that they can in fact be victorious for the foremost era with the God they all devout their lives work to. Henry includes himself in the picture by personally including he believes in the extreme so as to build a model for others to later on follow in the coming engagement. Henry, if he cannot triumph in winning over the people, overcomes this with a memorable conclusion that signifies this unyielding speech, for he knows not what course others may take but as for his ideology, it is either give me liberty or give me death! This representative ending gives the audience of real feeling of how much Henry yearns for this and therefore encourages them to step in the same determined inclination. Patrick Henrys all-embracing and fervent diction provides a nearly incomparable gateway to the similar American activity of today. Now we are not scared witless to speak up for our principles, we are without fail resisting oppression, and we are powerfully fixed on achieving liberty, freedom of rights, and a self-governing people without extreme dictatorship. We are all nearly, in the very least to say, relentless mini representations of Patrick Henrys strength of character.