He was using his body language and gesticulation to make a digresion and push the speach in a new direction for a brief amount of time. Digresion is commonly used in public speaking when one is giving and example, introducing new topic, bringin a guest in, and so on.
I think that the central idea conveyed in the above excerpt is that the United States is willing to extend help to nations that are under communism. They are willing to extend help through financial aid and economic stability to ensure that the people under the beleaguered nations can also enjoy the freedom that citizens of the United States enjoy under a democratic government. However, the citizens of the United States must also be in agreement to the proposal of extending help to other nations.
Truman uses Logos and Pathos to persuade his audience to his way of thinking.
Logos refers to logic. Pathos refers to an appeal to emotions.
He uses the words "I believe..." to infer how passionate he is about his proposals. He also gives logical scenarios that supports his beliefs.
The writers who most likely influenced our Founding Fathers are Locke and Voltaire, as well as Spinoza and Rousseau.
These writers were very political in nature, and their ideas about a free country resonated with the Founding Fathers when they wanted to establish a liberated America based on the principles of democracy and natural freedoms, as well as basic and more advanced human rights.
My brother and I
Sometimes I wonder how we could be so different with my brother if we were raised in the same way. Although I think that we may have some similarities too.
Both my brother and me, were raised equally and we were given the same opportunities. As far as looks, people say that we are very much alike, both of us tall and thin, with fair complexion. In addition to that, we also have strong family values.
However, I can't find any more similarities than those listed above. Unlike my brother, I'm a very sociable person. He is reserved and doesn't have a lot of friends. Another extremely noticeable difference is that although money is important, my life doesn't spin around it while my brother is very materialistic.
Finally, our hobbies are completely different. I love nature and playing sports. Nevertheless my brother has never played a single sport in all his life. He is a bookworm and his ideal weekend is staying at home with a book and a movie.
To sum up, many siblings that have the same parents look a lot alike. Siblings that are raised the same usually share a lot in common. I can't imagine having a brother who is less like me then he is. It's hard to understand how we ended up so different, but were raised the same exact way. Nonetheless, there is one thing that won't change and that is the bond that we have through life, in spite of our differences.
