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media type="custom" key="25158104" 1. The purpose of this speech that Coach Boone made in Remember the Titans was to unite his team. It wasn't a united team because white and African Americans were playing football together. The whites couldn't accept the fact of having African Americans playing on the field with them. Coach Boone takes the team on a run to Gettysburg where the major battle including slaves took place, many died, and his "brothers" were killed over racism. 2. The audience is not only his football team, but anyone who might have racial barriers between them. 3. This speech he gives mostly reaches the audience in a pathos manner. "Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting amongst ourselves today." I feel this line in most important because this team isn't united due to the racism between the players and that was what the Battle of Gettysburg was all about. The Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle where many soldiers died and a lot of blood was spilled. There was so much malice and hatred between these two groups it destroyed later generations. "You listen, take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together, right now, on this hallow ground, we too will be destroyed just like they were. I don't care if you don't like each other or not, but you will respect each other. Maybe, just maybe, we can learn to play this game like men." 4. Yes, his argument is valid. He used the connection between the Battle of Gettysburg (dealing with racism between whites and African Americans) and his divided football team to show them that it doesn't matter what color your skin is, or who you are, as long as you respect each other and play the game you love there is no difference. 5. I honestly don't think he could've made this speech any stronger. The fact is was coming from an African American man to a group of young men who were more worried about the barriers between them and who they were then actually playing together as a team really helped in his defense. The coach's generation had once lived through this experience and he was not about to go through it years later with a strong group of men playing the game of football.