Natalie:

TedTalk
Link:​https://www.ted.com/talks/hector_garcia_we_train_soldiers_for_war_let_s_train_them_to_c
ome_home_too#t-631075

Hector Garcia is a dedicated, sympathetic,

S​peaker and inquisitive psychologist.

Garcia gave his speech in 2015 once he

O​ccasion developed a stronger understanding of the
struggles his vetren patients deal with after
the war.

The audience is everyone who is in need of

A​udience an education that soldiers can not return to
normal lives once they have endured war.

The purpose it to show soldiers return training

P​urpose to be prepared for the war, so they should
receive training to live normal lives after the
war.

The subject is on vetern soldiers PTSD and

S​ubject how their issues need to be fixed.

The tone is sad. Garcia explains many

T​one situations where soldiers feel their life is not
worth living.
Rhetorical Analysis:
Hector Garcia begins his TedTalk with a pathos appeal. He declares that he specializes in
psychology for veterans. This establishes his credibility and ability to share accurate
information. Garcia also uses a logos appeal to elucidate that all soldiers receive training
pre-war to prepare for a different, dangerous environment. He uses parallelism, noting training
should be mandatory before and after the war. A pathos appeal is also established as he shares
personal stories from his patients, including their nightmares, substance abuse, and suicidal
thoughts. This also acts as an anecdote, portraying the soldiers experiences. Rhetorical
questions are also utilized to emphasize certain points Garcia makes. Contrasting desperate
patients before receiving PTSD treatment, and after receiving treatment, it is significant that all
veterans receive critical care sooner than later.

Natalie Article
Link:​https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/mental-health/the-cost-of-duty-ptsd-
strikes-soldiers-in-combat-and-first-responders-at-home/97-1dbf9c15-de35-4059-9424-1f0222a
c659f
 Randy Liberty is a hopeful, passionate
S​peaker veteran who grew up in an outraged
household before becoming a soldier.

He shares his experiences of growing up in a

O​ccasion destructive household and enduring a
gruesome war, causing him PTSD.

Mature readers to understand what it is like to

A​udience witness trauma.

Liberty wants to share how he had numerous

P​urpose bad experiences, but he was lucky to receive
treatment.

The subject is associated with trauma and

S​ubject war experiences.

The tone is frightening due to the personal

T​one stories Liberty tells.
Rhetorical Analysis:
Beth Brogan begins her article with numerous pathos appeals demonstrating Randy Liberty’s
harsh upbringing. She also uses a pathos appeal to fear. This causes the audience to become
engaged, along with providing Brogan credibility to accurately explaining trauma by quoting
Liberty. Brogan uses imagery in explaining how he would attempt to rescue individuals, but they
would already be deceased. Using a cause and effect strategy, she talks about him before and
after receiving coping methods to cure his PTSD. In one of Liberty’s quotes, he anticipates an
objection. This is an ethos appeal. Liberty talks about how beneficial treatments were to helping
his PTSD. He shares the methods were very difficult but got easier.

Grant Ted Talk

Link: ​https://www.ted.com/talks/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child/discussion#t-241979
Emmanuel Jal was a child soldier in Sudan
S​peaker who was rescued by an aid worker and
carries a deep emotional baggage

He shares a story of his time as a child

O​ccasion soldier and how he was rescued.

People who may be unknowing of the

A​udience condition of child soldiers and the horrors
they've experienced.

Emmanuel wants to share his story and tell

P​urpose how his experiences influenced his music.
 The trials of a child soldier.
S​ubject
The tone is sad yet heartwarming due to the
T​one context of the beginning and the happy
ending.
Rhetorical Analysis:
Emmanuel Jal begins his Ted Talk with an ethos appeal by bringing up his background. He talks
about how his village was burned down and he joined the army as a child out of vengeance.
This establishes himself as a firsthand witness and a credible source for the topic of war he
wishes to talk about. Emmanuel also uses a logos appeal by telling the true story of the
hardships he went through. Emmanuel uses parallelism when he claims that even after the war
is over the fighting never stops because no real change is made, and people will still starve. He
makes a pathos appeal through the touching story of the woman who saved him and took him
out of the war. Emmanuel uses her as a figurehead for numerous rhetorical questions like “who
will be like her”, “what change will you make”, and “how do I make change”. Emmanuel
contrasts the rest of the modern world to Sudan saying he knows people there who don’t have a
voice, but we do, and we need to be the voice in helping those who can’t help themselves. His
stories act as an anecdote portraying his real-life experiences through his music.

Grant article
Link:​https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/24/south-sudan-child-soldiers
Jason Burke and Phil Hatcher talk about child
S​peaker soldiers and their reintegration back into
society.

A public article published from The Guardian

O​ccasion to educate the conditions of the child soldiers
in Sudan and other parts of the world.

People looking to read of study on this

A​udience particular problem the world is facing.

Their purpose is to inform as part of the

P​urpose Guardian News provider.

The subject of the Article is child soldiers

S​ubject around the world and their condition.

There is and urging and informative tone as if

T​one telling the reader to do something about this
crisis.
Rhetorical Analysis:
Jason Burke and Phil Hatcher start their article with the pathos appeal by depicting an emotional
scene of a child soldier standing in the rain. The Authors also use lots of logos like quotes from
rescued child soldiers and facts on the participation and involvement different governments
have in it. These many quotes and stories from first hand experiences of war as a child gives
the article credibility as well as an ethos appeal. The imagery used in the retelling of the
children’s stories also helps develop the author’s purpose for the article. Near the end of the
article contrast is used between the children in afflicted countries and the children here. The
quote stated ​“In your country, the children have schools, a home, food. Here it is not like that.
So all have risen in arms, young and old, to achieve something better,” says Nyeland, David’s
commanding officer.

Natalia Article
Link: ​https://newsela.com/read/child-soldiers/id/4055/
The story is being written from a narrator’s
S​peaker point of view. LA Times wrote about the
terrible stories of some former child soldiers.

This piece was written on 5/20/2014. There

O​ccasion was recently an end to the war at that time
and they were explaining how children were
involved in war.

The audience is anyone who reads LA Times

A​udience and possibly students who read things on
Newsela.

The author wants to tell the audience things

P​urpose they have learned about people who were
once child soldiers in Africa.

This article explains the hardships that child

S​ubject soldiers face when they were fighting and
after the war.

The tone of the article is informative.

T​one
Rhetorical Analysis: The person who wrote this article for the LA Times, Rick Loomes, opens
the article with imagery. By using this he is able to smoothly begin his topic. The author uses the
pathos appeal to clearly show how terrible conditions were for the child soldiers. The whole
purpose of the article is to bring about corrective measures to attempt to fix the problems that
occur in Africa and all over the world. Loomes wants children to be freed from their duties as
soldiers and for these things to stop happening. The author really brings out the different
perspectives of the war through unamusing anecdotes from children all over Africa who were
involved in the war in some way.

Natalia TedTalk
Link:​https://www.ted.com/talks/newton_aduaka_the_story_of_ezra#t-1107877
 The speaker is a filmmaker named Newton
S​peaker Aduaka. It does not seem as if he is a former
child soldier but he is speaking up for those
who can’t do it themselves

Newton goes to talk in June 2007. This is

O​ccasion after he makes a film titled “Ezra” which is all
about the war and how they used child
soldiers

The audience is made up of the people who

A​udience were at that presentation and everyone else
who watches TedTalks.

He talks about this because he wants people

P​urpose to know about the terrible things that are
happening around the world, even as we
make great advancements. He hopes people
will realize this and take action.

The subject is about child soldiers

S​ubject
Newton’s tone is both informative and
T​one opinionated. He informs the audience about
these horrors and he takes the side saying it
should no longer happen anywhere in the
world.
Rhetorical Analysis: Newton used hardcore pathos that was sure to make everyone who
watched his Talk feel for the people who live through these kinds of events. His moving film
“Ezra” shows the life of a child soldier and the hardships he must endure throughout his time
fighting in the war. Then when the film ended, Newton talked about why he decided to make it
and what it meant for him. He wants people to see his film and understand the brutal reality that
some people have had to live through and what they will have to continue living with for the rest
of their lives. He contrasts the children from Africa and children from the “western world” and
how if the children from western civilization went through what others went through, they would
be in therapy every day for the rest of their lives. This is similar to the appeal to patriotism
because he is implying how strong the African children are, both physically and mentally.

Moa tedtalk
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1_wZP0NMQQ
The speaker is Rob Williams, who is the
S​peaker Chief Executive of War Child (a United
Kingdom based charity).
 The video was posted on April 9th, 2013. He
O​ccasion discusses the journey of a little girl named
Janete in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The audience includes everyone, but mainly

A​udience those looking to help improve the systems for
aid.

To show the problems in systems of aid and

P​urpose the fixes that must be made to these systems
in the UN and other organizations in order to
help people like Janete quickly.

The imperfections of aid agencies.

S​ubject
Williams’s tone is serious and calm, though
T​one his voice can still convey emotions. His
vocabulary shows formality and a sense of
humor. He is informative and confident, as
shown in his movement and serious tone
when he tells Janete’s story.
Rhetorical Analysis: Rob Williams uses good use of repetition, comparisons, and pathos in his
TED talk. He expertly conveys confidence in his work and conveys his disappointment of the
current aid agencies/systems in a calm and convincing manner. In his story of Janete’s journey
in Congo during such kaos, he utilizes pathos through comparing the normal lives of children
like Janete and his own children to show how much children like Janete suffer and how low their
standards for living are. He also presents logos through graphs of the amount of money donated
to programs for aiding people in Janete’s situation in order to baffle the audience when he
reveals that this money isn’t processing as fast as it should be. Additionally, Williams utilizes the
black and white fallacy to convince the audience that the situation is dire and change must be
made now rather than later. Overall, powerful and convincing strategies and tone create a good
speech.

Moa article
Link:
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/news-stories/research/assessing-trauma-sie
rra-leone
The speaker is Kaz de Jong, a mental health
S​peaker advisor who writes in a very informative
manner with no personal and emotional input.

The report was published on January 11,

O​ccasion 2000, during the Sierra Leone civil war to
report the effects of the war on the occupants
 of Freetown.

The article seems to be targeted to people

A​udience wanting to assess the state of Sierra Leone
and to everyone in general, as it is more of a
report with factual evidence.

To show the type of people escaping into

P​urpose Freetown and the effect war has had on
them. Also, to show how devastating the war
has been.

The medical and mental assessments of

S​ubject people in Freetown.

Very calm and formal, the writer uses strong

T​one word choice, and they remark on the
interviewed people’s answers with well
structured evaluation.
Rhetorical Analysis:
This article relies solely on logos evidence to support their arguments, as the article is meant to
reveal the mental state and concerns about the people in Sierra Leone. The article also explains
their process of interviewing the people and getting their interviewers prepare. This establishes
their ​professionality​ and the trustworthiness of their data. The writing is fluidly written and well
structured. The writing flows well as data and does not come off as merely notes crammed
together, but rather as a well researched and strong report. The subtle hints of pathos when
explaining the terrible conditions many of the people in Freetown had to witness and
experience. Even when describing the trauma documented from those assessed, the article still
relies on data and on the words from the people interviewed. They don’t justify their
observations with emotions, which makes the article more logical and convincing.