Berlin: Proclamation to the German Nation

http://www.hitler.org/speeches/02-01-33.html
Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from the Birmingham Jail stemmed from the happenings of the civil rights movement. He focused his attention on those individuals who felt that fair treatment was something being ignored. His ethos was established well before he ever wrote this letter. He was looked upon as a very prominent and well respected civil rights activist. From his many speeches including the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C to Rosa Parks, he has gained the respect of a suppressed nation. With this speech to the nation given by Adolf Hitler in 1933 as president/chancellor, he used his great oratory ability to convince a weakened nation. His ethos came with his position after WWI when Germany was in a state of economical and emotional turmoil. Hitler's logos came from his experience as a military and government head. He told the nation how he was going to help bring them back after a collapse and his strategy to do that. He basically gave in steps that seemed so easy to follow how the European nation would be better than ever before. His logos was also shown when he gave the amount in years that Germany had been "held down" by the ruling previously. I wish I could have been able to see the video of Hitler's speech to the German nation because I believe the emotion and pathos was overwhelming. Martin Luther King Jr. looked to the spirit of downed African Americans in a white dominating nation to fuel the emotion he showed in all the walks of his life. Hitler in the same way was looking to his nation's spirits saying, "For when our nation lost its political place in the world, it soon lost its unity of spirit and will...." Both of these two individuals had a very prominent place in history whether it be for better or worse. They had the ability to speak. They had the ability to change.
Our guest speakers used their ethos of being in the military and logos of their acquired knowledge. Just as Hitler did.