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Essay / Mother Jones Rhetorical Analysis - 955
These cheers from the crowd reflect the audience's engagement and demonstrate that they are trapped in Jones' rhetoric. She allows them to shout during her speeches because this further draws the audience into the speech, validating and empowering them (Co-construction). She takes into account the cries of the crowd in her speech and no more; she affirms them or she denies them, and in doing so, she adds to her own story (Co-construction). One of the best examples of this would be the passage “No property shall be destroyed.” (Cries of: “Not at all.”) Not at all, and if you want your property protected, these miners will protect it for you (Speech).” Jones takes the shout from the crowd and adds it to the next line of his speech. She denies them too, as in this selection “(Shouts of: “Take him out.”) I don’t want him to come out, because I would have to carry him (Speech). » In responding to these calls from the crowd, Jones continues to excite and entice the crowd throughout the speech. This eventually culminates to the peak of her speech near the end where she delivers her call to action via the crowd shouting in response to her calls to the Capitol building. These calls and shouts from the crowd demonstrate Jones' ability to draw the crowd towards her.