People seem to be unexcited about the newly elected president of the United States. In a Chicago Tribune article, Dahleen Glanton expresses her views about Donald Trump answering a Civil War question. Her strong appeal to pathos contributed to the article through her diction which had a negative connotation Glanton uses words such as “condemn” and “pitted against”, when speaking of the two sides in the Civil War. Those words created a negative connotation in which is attempted to evoke an emotional response from the reader. That response may range from angriness, when thinking of what the sides were fighting for, or sadness, when remembering the number of people that died. Being an African-American woman, she seems to have a connection with the war. When thinking of the Civil War, horrific thoughts might go through her mind, making her angry. Glanton’s pathos is also represented through her diction when she says that it was “bloody conflict” and that the issue has been “unresolved”. That shows that she felt disappointed in what occurred during the war. Throughout the article, she maintained a disheartened tone. When speaking of Trump, she said that he has “further divided Americans during the short time that he has been in office”. Glanton also went on to say that current America resembles American during the diabolical times of the Civil War. She is condemning Trump with negative statements because she is disheartened by his presence as president and commander in chief. Her overall purpose was to criticize president Trump and what America is today. She said that Trump is like Andrew Jackson, who wanted to keep the Native Americans out of America. She also reported that there should be much to learn from the war. She is trying to educate American on what needs to be fixed. That shows her initiative as a citizen which is highly valued in America. Her opinion is worthy and like many African-Americans in America. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-civil-war-glanton-20170501-column.html
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