This speech from Steven Spielberg’s renowned film “Saving Private Ryan” comes as a response from General George Marshall, played by Harvey Pressnel, to his fellow servicemen when they ask of his advice on how to deal with the unfortunate situation of the Ryan family, where three of the four sons died fighting in World War II and the fourth is currently missing in action. The introduction to General Marshall’s speech is fairly short as he begins by listening to the thoughts of his servicemen and then feeding off of their passionate responses he grabs their attention by merely motioning them to follow him to see something. This mysterious response builds suspense in the audience making them wonder what he is going to show them and what his intentions…show more content… The message is to the aforementioned Mrs. Bixby and explains her unfortunate situation of losing five sons in a war. The speaker continues to inform her that even though they have not dealt with anything that emotionally taxing and their words may be unwelcomed, the service of her sons was valuable to their nation. What mostly drives this speech and its message to the audience is the use of pathos, since the context of the speech is about the terrible tragedy of losing an entire generation in a family, it naturally appeals to the emotions of the audience to have sympathy for the mother and hope that such a situation does not happen again. This appeal to the audience’s emotions is highlighted by the strong vocabulary of the writing, as it details how horrifying this occurrence is and that the lives of her sons were to be cherished not tarnished by the disastrous way they perished. The other way the writing appeals to the audience is its use of ethos to bring it credibility by stating that the author is former President Abraham Lincoln. With this framework, General Marshall persuades his servicemen to understand his intentions that he doesn’t want a scenario like this occurring again, no matter what the cost and they will go out to save this soldier. The message is a strong appeal to the human emotions and adequately details General Marshall’s ideals making it worth five…show more content… The statement by General Marshall displays his message that the life of this soldier is valuable and they are going to save him. This message serves another duty in the conclusion of calling the soldiers to action to find Private Ryan. With these strong qualities of the conclusion, it also fails to recall on the body of the speech, but isn’t really necessary to convey his goals. While extremely short the conclusion is emotionally powerful and clear giving it a value of 4
