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 * 1) This is the final argument in the debate between Wiley College and Harvard University in the movie //The Great Debaters.// James Farmer, Jr. reminisces on a time when he and his fellow debaters traveled to Texas for a debate and drove through a lynch mob. He is arguing his opponent's statement, "nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral."
 * 2) The most important audience is the the judges of the debate, but the subject matter makes Farmer's message appealing and interesting to all of his classmates and people attending the debate.
 * 3) The most prevalent appeal is pathos. The vivid description of the lynching they witnessed appeals to the emotion of the audience and enhances the effectiveness of the argument.
 * 4) The argument was effective and there were no logical fallacies used.
 * 5) Farmer could have used more scholarly language to increase his credibility and strengthen his argument.

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