The Marshall Plan: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
The Marshall Plan: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Intelligence
Buttery GoodnessIt's hard to give a speech when everyone's booing you or, worse, bored. Marshall was a smart cookie, so he made sure to butter his audience up almost immediately.After outlining wha...
Persuasion Before Education
It's Not Eductainment, It's EdupersuasionWhat we think of as history, Marshall knew of as current events. World War II had over for two years, but, even at the time, everyone understood it was a bi...
American Exceptionalism
America, The ExceptionalAmerican Exceptionalism is basically the idea that the ideals of democracy and liberty make the U.S. a special snowflake on the world's stage. It's also kind of like Spider-...