Henry, Paine, Freedom

Words 345 hydrogen, Paine, freedom A comparison of both(prenominal) speeches Two important persons in the American Literature be Thomas Pain and Patrick Henry trying to help the colonist to loll their freedom from the Britain. Paine tried to bring the colonists in to reality in his speech. He wanted to remained the colonists how badly the supreme British were treating them. On the other lot Henry tried to persuade the colonists to go to war, development Britain as the enemy, further they tried to persuade the audience, by using different ways.Thomas Pain and Patrick Henry are both authors if the American Literature. Paine wrote The American Crisis and Henry wrote The speech in the Virginia convention. In a way both authors had the same general name and address in mind, to persuade the colonists. Henry uses a variation of persuasive techniques. He uses allusion, repetition, and rhetorical questions. In Henrys speech, he said nourish not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss . This allusion refers to the story of Judas betraying Jesus with a kiss. On the other manus Paine uses anecdotes, exaggeration, and personal attacks.Paine exaggerates on his speech by canvas the king of Britain to a common murderer, a high wayman, or a housebreaker. I would choose Patrick Henrys speech, because he says what he thinks clearly without holding anything back. When hi ask a question, he wants an answer fast. As he says in his speech Give me liberty or pretend me death. Because he wanted liberty even if that means to be reckon in a war, because they have to do something for their freedom. On the other hand Thomas Pain says a lot of thins exaggeration everything leaving commonwealth clueless on what he is trying to say.Lastly we can see by reading those speeches that Henry and Paine wrote their works at different times. Henry using war while Pain is using the history of their ancestors, but both reached their single goal that is freedom. MLA Henry, Patrick. Speech to the second Virginia Convention. American Literature. Ed. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Douglas Fisher, Beverly Ann Chin, Jacqueline Jones Royster. NewYork McGraw-Hill, 2007. 108-110. Print. Paine, Thomas. The crisis, No. 1. American Literature. Ed. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Douglas Fisher, Beverly Ann Chin, Jacqueline Jones Royster. New Yourk McGraw-Hill, 2007. 124-126. Print.