In speeches, one can beckon several emotions. They can make people feel sympathy, anger, joy, and even so extraordinarily passionate about something that the listener feels as if their heart will burst if they fail to take action. Sometimes the tone is hard to pick up. A joyous and tender speech could be buried underneath a strict tone of voice. But reading a speech truly reveals the speaker's message. A good speaker and writer uses specific techniques to spike sentiment in their audience. In the speech given by Atticus Finch, he expresses true hope for his defendant. In his speech, Atticus Finch desperately tries to prove his client innocent using rhetorics, trying to pick at the emotions of the jury. He tries to get them to almost relate to Tom Robinson. He refers to him as what he is, something which every person in that room is. A human being. He tries to put each person in the courtroom in Tom’s position. To hopefully make them realize that they a treating someone equal to themselves with such discrimination that his life lies on the line. Though his attempts were not as successful as he had hoped, but the allies of Tom Robinson surely recognized his endeavors. Appeals to fear is prominent in…show more content… But the way these emotions are carried out are important as well. The way one words their speech really ties it together. If a speech or paper is worded poorly, then even if the message gets across, it will not make it as memorable. An example of when Mr. Finch uses a specific method of his phraseology is when he says “cynical confidence.” In the context which he uses it, referring to the court’s decision, it proves his point further. It makes his stance on the Tom Robinson trial even more distinguished. He knows the court's decision is based purely on hate for Tom Robinson due to his skin color. By using alliteration in this sentence he makes his statement more
