Chavez Rhetoric Analysis

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Chavez uses the trans-historical element to further constitute his rhetoric. It is often said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Through the use of stories, an audience can transcend time through the rhetor. History can tell the story of how the past affected a collective audience. Storytelling is central to history and the existence of humanity. In every culture stories are universally used to make sense of the past, the present, and/or the future. Every story involves an exchange, an exchange between the speaker (rhetor) and the listener (audience). Story telling is universal, and the story itself might be universal, but what makes it different is who tells the story. When a story is narrated by someone