Julian Ruiz
Period: 5
Ms. Yeh
2016 September, 8
“Ballot or the Bullet” Response
In the speech Malcom X’s speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet” he uses many styles of Rhetoric to convince the audience of his ideas. The whole purpose of this address was to empower the black community to stand up and fight back the American government and put an end to oppression. He effectively uses Pathos by saying that if you don’t stand up and fight for civil rights now that in the future your children will be ashamed for what you didn’t fight for. Another good example of Pathos is when Malcom X states,” All of have suffered at the hands of the white man, suffered political oppression at the hands of the white man, economic and social degradation at the hands
