Question

excerpt from \address to the jury\
by emma goldman
\would the gentlemen who came with marshal mccarthy have dared to go into the offices of
morgan, of rockefeller, or of any of those men without a search warrant? they never showed us
the search warrant, although we asked them for it. nevertheless, they turned our office into a
battlefield, so that when they were through with it, it looked like invaded belgium, with the only
difference that the invaders were not prussian barbarians but good american patriots bent on
making new york safe for democracy.\

rhetoric
rhetoric is the use of certain skills and techniques to persuade an audience.

rhetorical appeals:

• ethos - appeals to the audiences character, beliefs, and morals
• pathos - appeals to the audiences emotions
• logos - appeals to the audiences logic and reasoning

what is the positive impact of the rhetoric in emma
goldmans speech?

it praises men like rockefeller and morgan.

it highlights the inequity of the treatment of her arrest.

it places the blame of her arrest on alexander berkman.

Explanation:

Emma Goldman's speech uses rhetorical devices. By comparing the office search to an invasion (like Belgium by Prussians but with "good American patriots"), she emphasizes the unfairness. The lack of a search warrant while searching her office (unlike for Morgan, Rockefeller etc.) shows unequal treatment. This rhetorical use (pathos - emotional appeal of unfair invasion - like a battlefield; logos - logical comparison of different treatment) highlights the inequity.

Answer:

It highlights the inequity of the treatment of her arrest.