In one well-constructed paragraph, explain the overall effectiveness of this speech. Be sure to identify what Pearson’s persuasive goal and what arguments he uses to achieve his purpose. Be sure to offer your own opinion, with evidence from the text, on whether he is successful or not.
this is the speech:
Pearson’s address on the inauguration of the national flag of Canada:
On September 5, 1945 an Order-in-Council was passed declaring the Red
Ensign to be Canada's National Flag pending a decision of the Parliament of
Canada.
Such a decision was made in December 1964 after long and vigorous
Parliamentary debate and careful Committee consideration and
recommendation.
As a result of this decision by the Canadian Parliament and on the advice of the
Government of Canada, Her Majesty, our beloved Queen, was pleased to issue
a Proclamation that the Flag we are about to raise today should be the Flag of
Canada.
So, at noon today, in this eighth month of our ninety-eighth year as a
Confederation, our new Flag will fly for the first time in the skies above Canada
and in places overseas where Canadians serve.
If our nation, by God's grace, endures a thousand years, this day, the 15th day of
February, 1965, will always be remembered as a milestone in Canada's national
progress.
It is impossible for me not to be deeply moved on such an occasion or to be
insensible to the honour and privilege of taking part in it.
There are many in this country who regret the replacement of the Red Ensign by
the Red Maple Leaf. Their feelings and their emotions should be honoured and
respected. But I am sure, now that the decision has been made by the
representatives of the Canadian people in Parliament assembled, that all
Canadians, as good patriots, will accept that decision and fly with pride our
National Flag.
This ceremony today is not a break with history but a new stage in Canada's
forward march from a group of separate and scattered and dependent colonies,
to a great and sovereign Confederation stretching from sea to sea and from our
Southern border to the North Pole.
No step by which we have advanced to our present position among nations has
been an easy one and none has been taken without some nostalgia for the past.
This is inevitable in the succession of new beginnings that mark a nation's
progress -- as they do the course of human events -- for each brings to an end
a stage for which deep attachment often lingers.
The patriotic motives that have led Parliament to adopt a new Canadian Flag do
not include disrespect for our past or for the emblems of that past.
We salute the future, but we honour the past on which the future rests.
As the symbol of a new chapter in our national story, our Maple Leaf Flag will
become a symbol of that unity in our country without which one cannot grow in
strength and purpose; the unity that encourages the equal partnership of two
peoples on which this Confederation was founded; the unity also that recognizes
the contributions and the cultures of many other races.
And so the new Flag, joining and rising above the milestones of our history, today
takes for the first time its proud place as the emblem of Canada, "The Maple Leaf
Our Emblem Dear."
May the land over which this new Flag flies remain united in freedom and justice;
a land of decent God-fearing people; fair and generous in all its dealings;
sensitive, tolerant and compassionate towards all men; industrious, energetic,
resolute; wise, and just in the giving of security and opportunity equally to all its
cultures; and strong in its adherence to those moral principles which are the only
sure guide to greatness.
Under this Flag may our youth find new inspiration for loyalty to Canada; for a
patriotism based not on any mean or narrow nationalism, but on the deep and
equal pride that all Canadians will feel for every part of this good land.
God bless our Flag!
And God bless Canada!
Source: Address on the inauguration of the national flag of Canada. Feb 15
1965. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and
Government Services, 2007, and Courtesy of the Privy Council Office.
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can you tell me what is pesrson's persuasive goal? and what arguements does he uses to pursue his purpose?
His goal was to convince Canadians to be proud of their new flag.
I'm sure you can find the arguments he used to support this goal.
how would you explain the effectiveness of this speech?
What do you think? Is it effective? Did it convince you?
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sure i will use sorry for that. I think it is effective because he uses various rhetorical devices and patriotic emotional fallacy.
Fallacies convinced you? Please look up the meaning of fallacy.
Lester B. Pearson’s speech about Canada’s national flag is very effective because he uses various rhetorical devices and patriotic emotional appeal which captures lots of Canadian citizens’ attention. He also refers to Canada’s history and all the trouble and hard times it has gone through to become an independent nation. Lester B. Pearson’s goal was to convince Canadians to be proud of their new flag. In his speech he uses the term Canadian national flag and its pride on Canada, quite often. “At noon today, in this eighth month of our ninety-eighth year as a Confederation, our new Flag will fly for the first time in the skies above Canada and in places overseas where Canadians serve”. He reminds his citizens about Canada’s history and how Canada has served 98 years as a confederation. “May the land over which this new Flag flies remain united in freedom and justice; a land of decent God-fearing people; fair and generous in all its dealings;” also he asks for blessings on our country recognized by our flag as a symbol. He was successful at achieving his goal of making Canadian citizens proud of his their countries flag. People associate Canada’s flag with equality, justice, and multicultural and that’s what Pearson wanted it to be recognized as.
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