Luke

media type="youtube" key="6s75D6WIDug" height="315" width="420" Questions: 1. In this speech, Rocky Balboa is explaining to his son that life is tough; "it's not about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." Rocky doesn't want his son to be a coward; "don't let life beat you to your knees and keep you there." Rocky knows his son can be the man he wants to be in the business world, but he has to want it enough to never quit or put himself down. 2. The audience of this speech is Rocky's son, Robert Balboa, Jr. 3. The appeal that is most prevalent is pathos. This is true because the speech appeals to the emotions of Rocky's son and the viewer of the video. 4. Yes, the argument is effective. The only logical fallacy that could possibly be found in this speech could be Rocky's opinion on life and what it does to us as people. 5. The speech could have been strengthened if Rocky had appealed to logic and ethics as well, but this type of speech doesn't require specific facts or statistics to improve the quality and truth behind Rocky's words. Appeal to the emotions is plenty strong enough in this example.