Gena Gordon

Rhetorical Outline : Mao ZeDong, THE CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP

Purpose: To convince all members of the  Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (range of political parties and organizations China, all for wide representation) to rally to support new government

Audience: Conference Delegates, awaiting the establishment of the first session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. ( Mao Created)

Context: Mao is the first speaker of the FIRST absolute session of the CPPC; September 21, 1949, Beijing , China  

• Conference was set up because a political consultative conference was needed  to set up a democratic coalition government.  

At the conference that day -

• The founding of the People's Republic of China as the will of Chinese

• Central People's Government and CPPCC members were elected. Mao Zedong was made the first chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.
• Warrant: Parties that defeat others are to rise to power

Section 1: Introduction - How CPPCC came to be

Purpose: Remind audience of history , and define what CPPCC is and their work.

Appeals: Establishes ethos because he is the first official to introduce CCPPC                      . Pathos (feel of unity).

Logic=not official enough but very general ( At present the field armies of the People's Liberation Army, several million strong, have pushed the war to areas near Taiwan, Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow, Szechuan and Sinkiang, and the great majority of the Chinese people have won liberation. In a little more than three years the people of the whole country have closed their ranks, rallied to support the People's Liberation Army, fought the enemy and won basic victory. )

Pathos- mortify audience with past with Kuomintang : does this through word choice ( sabotaged by, oppressed , slaughtered’.

They at the end of reminiscing he adds a shining light on the Communist government that “overthrew them” “restored”  “ we basically defeated”

Technique:  

• Slight logos of successes in the war against the Kuomintang , ( was a easy success)
• Hyperbole - the Kuomintang as "running dogs of imperialism ( used to scare audience but then at the end say the CP has defeated this enemy)

Effectiveness: effective for the members who are supporting the CCPPC but not for enemies such as US which wouldn't be interested in chinas “ new awaking communist party”.

Pathos - to make the organization look good

Technique - Rhetorical Question

If our forefathers, and we also, could weather long years of extreme difficulty and defeat powerful domestic and foreign reactionaries, why can't we now, after victory, build a prosperous and flourishing country?"

Effectiveness

is used to emphasis that there is no reason the chinese can't do that same. this statement hits close to home , filial piety and chinese ancestor worship = must stay loyal no matter what situation

Section 2: Forecast of China because CPPCC is made

Purpose: persuade audience that the CPPC is bringing a bright and  new era to china

Claim:  China has stood up and will become better

“We have very favourable conditions: a population of 475 million people and a territory of 9,600,000 square kilometres. There are indeed difficulties ahead, and a great many too. But we firmly believe that by heroic struggle the people of the country will surmount them all. The Chinese people have rich experience in overcoming difficulties”

- Only pathos - unstable faith to support this, “firmly believe”. What can they provide monetarily , in work in moral support? Too general

Techniques:

Oxymoron-democratic dictatorship ; emphasis that the CP will represent  all but unitarily. it will not be one person’s input or opinions

Anaphora -- "Hail the victory... hail the founding... hail the triumph!"

• build intensity , build pride in delegates that they've won the war , overcome kuo timing and will have a successful conference.
• Tone - charismatic, optimistic

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General Evaluation:

The Bad

• Mao does not use hard core evidence to support in the Communist Parties’ defeat
• Reader has suspicion of some facts but pathos overrides that

i.e  The Chinese have always been a great, courageous, and industrious nation; it is only in the modern times that they have fallen behind.  And that was due entirely to oppression and exploitation by foreign imperialism and domestic reactionary governments."

i.e    "As long as we keep to our style of plain living and hard struggle, as long as we stand united and as long as we persist in the people's democratic dictatorship and unite with our foreign friends, we shall be able to win speedy victory on the economic front."

- gave no logical reason why to struggle to have speedy victory?

The GOOD-

• Uses mostly pathos to make crowd “ feel good” and agree with him ( does this through word choice)
• Makes the Communist party seems as the hero
• Snobby tone “ we basically defeated , we are all convinced that our work will go down in mankind” ( may be due to word translation by Maoist Documentation Project)

- Makes him seem “ all knowing “ , add ethos