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Adrian Rodriguez
RWS 1302
Genre Analysis Draft 2
In most cases our history books show us for the most part, the bright side of history, the
Anglo point of view, or for example in a war or conflict we always learn it from the victors or the
conquerors point of view. One great example of this is how we are used to learn history is World
War Two. World War Two was conflict that started out in Europe with the rise of power of one
nation and its ambition for world domination. In the early 1939 Germany invaded Poland, which
initiated World War Two. Our history books usually shows the perspective of the main
contributors to the war, or Allies which were the ones who came to victory. I plan to not talk
about the Allies point of view, but the Axis powers point of view either Throughout the war or
certain events. By doing this we would be aware about that specific nation's values of why they
believe what they are doing is the right thing. Learning history from another point of view is
super important because we can have a better understanding of the event that occurred.
"The Battle of Berlin: An Eyewitness Account" by Gerda Drews, this topic's genre type
is a typography. The Thesis of this topic explains the how German people are living and what
they are going through during and after the battle of Berlin. Gerda wants to inform people that
the German people suffered too, especially towards the end of the war as they are closer to
defeat. The intended audience is to anyone studying history or simply just an average person.
Gerda's main rhetorical appeal was pathos, as throughout her story she wants to raise awareness
of what occurred in those times. Gerda establishes credibility and appeals to ethos by informing
the reader about names and dates. In the end Gerda appeals to logos by using personal
Also another source would be "World War Two from the German point of view" has no
clear author, this source is an iconography. The thesis of this source is how the Axis powers are
Genre Analysis Draft 3
going through the war. The intended audience for "World War Two from the German point of
view" is to anyone studying history. The intended audience for "World War Two from the
German point of view" is mainly to Nazi fanatics. The video appeals to pathos as it uses a
depressing tone or mood to describe or portray its information. The video's ethos is utilized by
using dates, names and locations . The video appeals to logos as it used personal accounts like
Both topics speak about the horrors committed by the allies, while using a depressing
tone as they include information and eye witness accounts. One of the differences is that "The
Battle of Berlin" talks about atrocities committed by the allies, while "world war two..." talks
about the war in general. Both topics achieved their purpose as they both tried to inform us.
Iconography was more effective as it had visuals, music, color and had more information.
The goal of this assignment is to learn the motives, values, and the point of view of the
side we are not used to learn from. This is important because we can learn more about this event
and also why it happened. Throughout this topic we would learn what is going on in the minds of
the Axis power's leadership, military, and civilian population. We might even see that if we
where to put ourselves in their shoes we might have reacted the same or if not believed and
accepted what was going on was right. It is important to learn history from both sides of the story