Speech to the Second Virginia Convention
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Andres Catlla
7/11/03
In-Class Essay
The Speech to the Second Virginia Convention is a brilliant piece of work but at the same time I am annoyed at how blind those times were. Patrick Henry is really convincing and knows how to deliver a point but due to some of the points he makes his speech would not be as effective today, like I said different times. Nevertheless he is a man that loves his country and will do what it takes to make it his own and not have it ruled by someone else that does not understand them. The Speech to the Second Virginia Convention is extremely persuasive but at the same time extremely contradicting.
The first point he uses that is extremely persuasive is slavery. Henry in the beginning says "For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery." What he means by this is that being under rule is a form of slavery, you must live under the King's rule and abide to whatever he implements, or take a stand and be your own ruler, be leader of your life not the pawn of a King. This is very effective because it makes the people think not in great detail but in some way how they are slaves and the people realize that they are and that it is not what they want. One line that is really effective is "Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?" This means, are we to be at the disposal of a people who see but do not care and of a people that hear but still do not do anything about it...