Anwar Sadat - Audience Flashcards
Ideas: What does he highlight that for peaceful identity to be established for both Arab nations and Israel?
sense of unity and acceptances need to be achieved amongst warring nations and the mindset of civilians
Ideas: advocates for?
reconciliation like Keating and Pearson
Ideas: how does he open his speech and why?
Open speech by focusing on commonalities rather than differences to engage and unite them “on common ground”
Techniques/Quotes: powerful extended metaphor?
, “a huge wall between us” and “Yet there remained another wall. This wall constitutes a psychological barrier between us. A barrier of suspicion…”
Techniques/Quotes:what does the wall metaphor explore?
division between mindsets of Arabs and Israelis, confronting audience
Techniques/Quotes:effect of wall metaphor?
engages their imagination and creates atmosphere of urgency to reconcile on “edge of horrifying abyss”.
appeal to audience’s pathos
Techniques/Quotes:what does he hope for/aim for?
To put away past actions and differences to create “permanent peace based on justice”
Techniques/Quotes:what does he state several times with pithy maxims to build great logos?
“there is no happiness to the detriment of others”
Significance: what did he understand about his audience?
understood there would be divide amongst audience but tried to break mental divide and unite them and aim for reconciliation: “When the bells ring for peace, there will be no hands to beat the drums of war”
Critical comment and by who?
“he’s seen as a man who if there more like him in this world, then perhaps we’d be able to live in peace” – Hirsch Goodman
why does proposition of peace appeal?
prove an effective and universal desire in Middle East as there is still ongoing conflict with nations
what happened 3rd Oct 2013?
celebrated 40th anniversary of War with Israel and several citizens responsded with violence and animosity
what does response to anniversary reveal?
it is undeniable that, even today, the Middle East needs individuals like Sadat who are willing to risk their lives in a quest to promote a possible peace and harmony by emphasizing the commonalities amongst the enemies
why was his action so significant?
Thus, it is clear that Sadat’s oration embodies a timeless nature and reveals an underlying and continuous tension between ending conflict and seeking peace
