farewell to baseball address by:lou gehrig saray hernandez 1 st period english 2 4/10/13
TRANSCRIPT
FAREWELL TO BASEBALL ADDRESS
B Y: L O U G E H R I G
Saray Hernandez
1st PeriodEnglish 2 4/10/13
BACKGROUND
Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903 in East Harlem
New York City he was an American baseball first
baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League.
Baseball player for the New York Yankees.
He dies on June 2 ,1941 at the Age of 37 in
Riverdale New York City.
VIDEO OF THE SPEECH
http://
msn.foxsports.com/topics/m/video/24272368/gehrig-s
-farewell.htm
Delivered 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York
SOAPSTONE- SUBJECT
Lou retirement from baseball
SOAPSTONE OCCASION
He speaks of his retirement due to his illness and
addresses the pity that people feel for him.
SOAPSTONE AUDIENCE
Are his fans
SOAPSTONE PURPOSE
Was to show the world how strong and willed and
fearless he can be.
SOAPSTONE SPEAKER
Lou Gehrig
SOAPSTONE TONE
Sad but hopeful and optimistic
ETHOS
Extremely well respected by his fans and fellow
players.
PATHOS
His speech was every emotional
LOGOS
The speech uses the logical appeal to support why
he considers himself “the luckiest man to face the
earth”
REPETITION
WEBSITS
http://
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lougehrigfarew
elltobaseball.htm
http://
msn.foxsports.com/topics/m/video/24272368/gehrig-s
-farewell.htm
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