Question

handout c analyzing the hitler letter
hitler states: \through a thousand years of inbreeding, often practiced within a very narrow circle, the jew has in general preserved his race and character much more rigorously than many of the peoples among whom he lives. and as a result, there is living amongst us a non - german, foreign race, unwilling and unable to sacrifice its racial characteristics, to deny its feeling, thinking and striving, and which none the less possesses all the political rights that we ourselves have.\
this means: jews are a foreign race with different values. they do not participate in society but nevertheless enjoy the same rights as others.
the facts: hitler is disingenuous with his own argument that jews inbreed, are not part of and do not contribute to society as a whole. yet, when the nazis took power, they immediately implemented laws to remove jews from german society. nazi fury against the jew was in fact based on the complete integration of jews in almost all areas of german society. the nazis passed laws barring jews from the civil service, academia, law, medicine, music, literature, government and business. jews had the same values and lifestyles as other germans.
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 hitlers letter
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Explanation:

Ethos refers to an appeal to ethics or credibility, pathos to an appeal to emotions, and logos to an appeal to logic. Hitler tries to use logos by presenting a false - logical argument about Jews being a non - German, foreign race that doesn't contribute to society while having political rights. He also uses pathos by stoking fear and resentment among Germans towards Jews through his false claims about their "otherness." There is no clear use of ethos as he doesn't establish his own credibility in a legitimate way here.

Answer:

Logos: Hitler presents a false logical argument about Jews being a non - German race with different values not contributing to society yet having rights.
Pathos: He stokes fear and resentment among Germans towards Jews by emphasizing their "foreign" nature.