Henry, Paine, Freedom

Words: 345 Henry, Paine, freedom A comparison of both speeches Two important persons in the American Literature are Thomas Pain and Patrick Henry trying to help the colonist to get their freedom from the Britain. Paine tried to bring the colonists in to reality in his speech. He wanted to remained the colonists how badly the supreme British were treating them. On the other hand Henry tried to persuade the colonists to go to war, using Britain as the enemy, but they tried to persuade the audience, by using different ways.

Thomas Pain and Patrick Henry are both authors if the American Literature. Paine wrote “The American Crisis” and Henry wrote “The speech in the Virginia convention. ” In a way both authors had the same general goal in mind, to persuade the colonists. Henry uses a variation of persuasive techniques. He uses allusion, repetition, and rhetorical questions. In Henry’s speech, he said “suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. ” This allusion refers to the story of Judas betraying Jesus with a kiss. On the other hand Paine uses anecdotes, exaggeration, and personal attacks.

Paine exaggerates on his speech by comparing the king of Britain to “a common murderer, a high wayman, or a housebreaker. I would choose Patrick Henry’s speech, because he says what he thinks clearly without holding anything back. When hi ask a question, he wants an answer fast. As he says in his speech “Give me liberty or give me death. ” Because he wanted liberty even if that means to be involve in a war, because they have to do something for their freedom. On the other hand Thomas Pain says a lot of thins exaggeration everything leaving people clueless on what he is trying to say.

Lastly we can see by reading those speeches that Henry and Paine wrote their works at different times. Henry using war while Pain is using the history of their ancestors, but both reached their single goal that is freedom. MLA: Henry, Patrick. “Speech to the second Virginia Convention. ” American Literature. Ed. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Douglas Fisher, Beverly Ann Chin, Jacqueline Jones Royster. NewYork: McGraw-Hill, 2007. 108-110. Print. Paine, Thomas. “The crisis, No. 1. ” American Literature. Ed. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Douglas Fisher, Beverly Ann Chin, Jacqueline Jones Royster. New Yourk: McGraw-Hill, 2007. 124-126. Print.