Question

hitler states: the value of the nation is no longer to be measured in terms of the sum of its moral and spiritual forces, but solely on the basis of the wealth of its material goods. from this feeling emerges that concern and striving for money and for the power which can protect it which makes the jew unscrupulous in his choice of means, ruthless in his use of them to achieve this aim. in an autocratically governed state he whines for the favor of the majesty of the prince and abuses it to batten on his subjects like a leech. in a democracy he courts the favor of the masses, crawls before themajesty of the people and yet knows only the majesty of money.
this means: hitler is saying that jews measure a nation not by its moral and spiritual values, but by its wealth. greed for wealth and power makes the jew unscrupulous. he corrupts governments and uses money to prey on victims like a leech.
the facts: from the beginning of jewish history, the hebrew profits castigated those who measured a countrys value by its material wealth. the hebrew bible commands the jewish people to be a kingdom of priests and holy nation. the only values that will save a nation are charity, caring for strangers, and defense of the widow, the orphan and the poor. jewish tradition teaches that wealth only in the service of these values is commendable. the jewish values of loving kindness and social justice were transmitted to christianity and other faiths. as a matter of fact, the nazis despised christianity because it accepted the jewish concepts of charity, mercy and conscience.
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 appeals to ethics and credibility, pathos to emotions, and logos to logic. Hitler uses pathos by portraying Jews as leeches and unscrupulous, which is an emotional - laden description. He also uses logos in a fallacious way, presenting a false - logic argument that Jews measure a nation by wealth when in fact, as shown, Jewish values are different. There is no clear ethos appeal as he doesn't establish his own credibility in a legitimate way here.

Answer:

Pathos: Portrays Jews as leeches and unscrupulous to evoke negative emotions.
Logos: False - logic argument about Jewish values regarding a nation's worth.