One Flew The Cuckoo's Nest Rhetorical Analysis

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“The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that; proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog” is one of Vest’s famous lines in his persuasive speech Tribute to the Dog. His technique is to appeal to the jury emotionally by speaking of the dog’s loyalty to its master. First, Vest tactfully laid out his case how a dog is truly a man’s best friend. He did this by explaining how a man is full of malice in a way that wouldn’t offend the jury. Vest had said that “ The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy.” (pg. 93). This says his best friend, a man, turned against him because of the strong animosity he has inside of him. Moreover, …show more content…

One may even shed tears because of how well the emotional appeal was worded. One example of the emotional appeal is when Vest had said that the dog didn’t need anything from things that dogs need in life, like food, to poverty, like a bed or a collar, and it will be faithful forever. “The dog will kiss the hand that has no food to offer.” (pg. 94) Vest made an emotional appeal to the dog owners and how they feel about their pets. Although Vest made an excellent point, we can infer from the speech that many dog haters don't care for dogs or think that they don’t deserve anything. In the background, it stated that “ represented a man seeking payment for his dog, which had been shot by a sheep farmer.” If Vest had even written about the speech, we would have inferred that the sheep farmer didn’t care for the dog and didn’t want to pay back the …show more content…

The story is very emotional, and it might even make a person cry, but how? The way the story was written was so that the ending wasn’t bad or good, but it was about the loyalty of the dog. He first talked about a man and how almost everyone had betrayed him, except for the amiable dog. Lastly, the man had passed away, yet the dog was still waiting, being the faithful dog he was. Vest uses words that are meaningful. In page 94, it says “when the last scene of all comes….” the reader really wants to know what is going to happen. They want to know because they know how much the dog loves him and how much he loves the dog is so strong that we want them to have a happy

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