Similarities Between Patrick Henry And Wilson

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In their respective works, Patrick Henry and Woodrow Wilson both convey that their audience should go to war through appealing to the emotion of fear and using repetition to bolster the audience's strength.

In order to show that the author's audience should go to war, both Patrick Henry and Woodrow Wilson appeal to the emotion of fear. Patrick Henry, addressing to the Virginia Convention, tells the audience doesn’t fight then they will be turned to slaves. Henry states, “they are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which British ministry have been so long forgiven”(Henry 84). Britain is coming over to the colonies to turn the people into their slaves. By saying “those chains Henry is showing if we don’t fight we will be turned