Question

handout 8 analyzing the hitler letter
hitler states: first, the jews are definitely a race and not a religious community. the jew himself never classifies himself a jewish - german, a jewish - pole, a jewish - american, but only a german, a pole, an american jew. from the foreign nations in whose midst he lives the jew has adopted very little more than their language. a german who is compelled to use french in france, italian in italy, chinese in china, does not thereby become a frenchman, an italian, or a chinese; similarly a jew who happens to live among us and is thereby compelled to use the german language cannot be called a german. even the mosaic faith, however important for the maintenance of this race, cannot be considered as absolutely decisive in the question of whether or not someone is a jew. there is hardly a single race whose members belong exclusively to one particular religion.
this means: jews are not a religious community, but a singular race that has been preserved by a thousand years of inbreeding.
the facts: hitler promoted a racial ideology that identified whites (he called “aryans”) as superior and everyone else as inferior. since jews in europe were considered white he classified them as a different race - a race of people that he said was not only inferior but “dangerous” and needed to be destroyed. making them a race in nazi ideology served to justify their mistreatment. the idea of race, then and now, is based on pseudo - scientific theories from the 18th century suggesting that humans descended from biologically differing groups. today, science confirms that there is no such thing as the ‘race’ classification. humans are basically the same on the inside with endless differentiation on the outside. it is a made - up category. if we think of race as skin color mainly, jews can be found among all so - called races and share the same wide variety of physical characteristics. jews, who are associated by religion and culture, come in all colors and nationalities.
using your ethos, pathos, logos handout, decide which form of persuasion is hitler using in this text? support your claim from the text. each section of text may have multiple forms of persuasion, so identify as many as you can, giving proof of each.
ethos, pathos, or logos? support your claim from hitler’s letter
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Explanation:

Ethos appeals to ethics and credibility. Hitler tries to seem authoritative in defining Jews as a race. Pathos appeals to emotions. His description of Jews as a 'dangerous' race may incite fear and hatred. Logos appeals to logic. He uses analogies like a German in France using French doesn't become French to 'logically' argue Jews living among Germans aren't German.

Answer:

Ethos: Hitler defines Jews as a race to seem authoritative.
Pathos: Portrays Jews as 'dangerous' to incite fear.
Logos: Uses language - use analogies to 'logically' classify Jews.