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media type="custom" key="25158204" The Pursuit of Happiness

Write an analysis of the speech.
 * 1) What is the purpose of the speech? Provide a brief statement of context.
 * 2) Who is the audience?
 * 3) Which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) is most prevalent? How do you know?
 * 4) Is the argument effective? Were any logical fallacies used?
 * 5) How could the argument have been strengthened?

1. The purpose of the speech is to inspire people to follow their dreams and not let anything stand in their way. 2. The audience is anyone who has a dream and wishes to achieve it. 3. Pathos is the most prevalent because the actor is experiencing a situation in which he has to follow his dreams and he is using a very heartfelt tone when telling his son " when you want something, go get it. Period." 4. The argument that Will Smith is making is very effective because he appeals t the emotions of people who are struggling or are in the same positions as him. There were no obvious logical fallacies, Will Smith knew what advice he was giving to his son and the rest of the watching audience. 5. There's not much Will Smith could have done in order to strengthen his argument, the conversation between him and his son created pathos that could have appealed to the majority of the age groups.