Analysis of Alfred M. Green’s Speech

Persuasion is the influence of beliefs, attitudes, actions, intentions and other such things it is a process aimed at a persons or groups attitude or behavior towards some event, idea, object, or person. Albert dark-green cleverly uses connection and rapture to persuade his beau African Americans to join the ranks of the military. He connects with them by not only using unifying diction but withal by challenge to their emotions, namely by speaking of their common historical plights, their sires or fathers.Green, instead of separating himself as the speaker, from his audience, and singling out the individuals making up the audience, in attempt and hope of persuading separately and every one of them separately through the appeal of logic, as done commonly in the execution of persuasive speeches, uses unifying diction to connect with his fellow African Americans. He does so by using such phrasing as we instead of you or I and ours instead of yours. This simple change in word cho ice makes his tone sound sincere and genuine.Through the use of the word brethren, Green is able to makes religious connection. Brethren is the formal word used for brother in many religious scriptures predating the 12th century. Green hopes to connect with them at an emotional as well as spiritual level through use of commonly labeled as religious diction that is familiar to the African American people of this time, of whom a majority are highly religious Christians. He also connects with his audience through references to their common history, concerning their sires or fathers, dating back to the times of Washington and the Revolutionary War.He brings to light the failures to bring them into recognition as citizens and abuse caused by the fugitive-slave laws, Dred Scott decisions, indictments for treason Green does not hide these acts of humiliation, injustice and abuse he claims that it is their duty is not to cavil over past grievances. He tells his fellow brethren that they s hould not keep grudges over the past for it has already happened and cannot be altered.Instead, he pushes and attempts to persuade them through inspiration, to take action and charge of the present and change the future for the bring out. To really inspire another, one must appeal to their deep emotion and character ad Green does in his speech. Green makes reference to ones keep an eye on and values as he explains they may again give evidence to the world of the bravery and patriotism of a race in whose hearts blow ones stack the love of country of freedom, and of civil and religious toleration. Green speaks of duty when telling them they must endeavor to hope for the future and improve the present auspicious driveway to make new their claims upon the justice and honor of the Republic, nor let the honor and glory achieved by their fathers be blasted or sullied by a want of heroism. What Green means by this is that he and his fellow brethren should not sulk over the rights and w rongs of the past but instead take action to form and enforce better for the present and upcoming future. Green wants them