Mandatory Military Service In America Rhetorical Analysis

In the essay, Mandatory Military Service in America, the author uses logic, emotion, and evidence to convince the reader that America should have mandatory service in the Military. Already in the first paragraph, we see the author using emotion. The author uses emotion when they claim that required military service will have “everyone serve in the armed forces will bring Americans together, despite our individual political views and personal agendas." Clearly, the author intends to use emotions to convince the reader that we need to have required military service. In our country, we often feel divided. Therefore when the author tells us this will bring us together, it is meant to stir patriotic feelings within the reader.

In the next paragraph, the author uses logic. This is evident when the author asks the readers this: "As Americans, we all share in our freedoms. Isn’t it only just that we all shoulder the obligations to uphold those freedoms?" The author uses a rhetorical question to feel readers wonder about themselves in America and what it means to become an American citizen. The author also

The author does so by stating, “Whatever divided them—race, religion, language—was not as strong as the patriotism that united them. This broadening of our experience breaks down walls and builds tolerance.” The author uses emotions and logic by explaining how citizens are divided by their looks, beliefs, and language, but having military service required, it creates a strong community that allows people of any race, belief, and language to connect. That patriotism is stronger and much more well-connected then to having citizens divided into their tiny communities. It is clear, therefore, that the author is using emotions to make the reader acknowledge our rights and how it’s our duty to work together to make our nation better and