Noel Pearson - Audience Flashcards
Ideas: what is symbolic of his mature approach to reconciliation?
advocacy of feeling responsible and “opening our hearts a little but” rather than guilt
Ideas: what does his mature approach appeal to?
ethos, logos and pathos of the audience.
Techniques/Quotes: What is similar to Sadat and Pearson?
biblical references/allusions
Techniques/Quotes: effect of biblical allusions?
provoke the audience to realise their wrongdoings and appeal to their own religious beliefs.
also suggest that his opinions are sanctioned by God.
Techniques/Quotes: how is Christian hypocrisy openly condemned?
with the bible’s injunction “that god gave the Earth to man” contradicted with the Aborigine’s by being denied what was theirs “by right of prior possession and by right of a gift from God”.
Techniques/Quotes: metaphor?
“guilt need not be an ingredient in our national reconsideration of our history”
Techniques/Quotes: what does the metaphor promote?
the idea that Australians should collectively take responsibility for the “present, future and past”
Techniques/Quotes: rhetorical qs?
“How do we explain this past to our children?” and “What more redemptive prospect can be painted about the country’s colonial past?”
Techniques/Quotes: what does he stimulate thru rhetorical qs?
the thoughts of his academic audience, in order to prompt them to think about the concept of a flawed Australian historiography
Significance: Although the speech had polarised reception, his voice brought…?
needed academic authority and maturity to the discussion of post-colonial historiography
Significance: how did purpose become universal?
audiences of any context can resonate with the rhetoric and perennial values Pearson presented
Significance: critical comment?
“Pearson is, by a considerable distance, the best orator in Australia” - Jack Waterford
Significance: who did he know that his speech resonated with?
Pearson’s knowing that his speech would be picked up by media and distributed to more widespread audiences.
