A Time To Kill Ethos Pathos Logos

A Time to Kill is a remembered experience that brings up the question, “Is a father justified to kill the young men who raped his daughter?” There are many fallacies used throughout this trial, such as, Appeals to Trial, Ad Hominem, Authoritative Warrant, Hasty Generalization, Claim of Fact and many others. The trial also used Ethos, Pathos and Logos to get its point across. If there were no fallacies, ethos, pathos or logos used, then the trial wouldn’t have been as strong as it was illustrated to be in the movie. Towards the beginning of this movie, many blacks were looking at the white men with hatred for raping and nearly killing a ten year old black girl. The men transformed the innocent little girl’s life forever. The men were instantly

In the first trial, the judge's reasoning for denying Carl Lee’s bail is a known as a logical fallacy called the Appeals to Tradition. The judge wanted to get the trial done with right away, and he resorted to the tradition of denying bail for men who have killed people. A Claim of Policy was done when they attempted to change the location of where the trial was being done believing that Carl Lee Haley had no chance in Canton, Mississippi. The Claim Policy is a claim that asserts specific courses of action should be taken for solutions to problems. Omar illustrated ethos when he used familiar or regular tone of language that allowed his audience to feel closer and more familiar with

Omar was willing to take the risks in order to successfully get Carl out of jail and back with his family. The fallacy called Hasty Generalization was used in this movie, which means to draw conclusion from insufficient evidence. Many people didn’t do their research as they made conclusions. It is important that a jury is able to make hasty generalizations in order to do their job successfully. Also, when a person is choosing their jury, it is important that one picks a jury who is able to use hasty generalization on people while in the trial. Sheriff Ozzie Walls was put into the trial as a witness. Logos, which persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic are used at this time. A gun that was found on scene of the crime proved to have Carl Lee Haley’s fingerprints. By using logos, the prosecution's argument was able to be supported. The fallacy to Appeal to Emotion was also used at this time. This fallacy manipulated the audience’s emotions rather than using logos to refute. The witness that the prosecution is using to prove their case was the same cop who arrested the victim for the rape of Carl’s