The following text is a propaganda leaflet by British Pacifist Norman Angell as stated on the bottom right-hand side of the text. The text is providing a reason for why Britain should not join the war. Created in 1914, the leaflet takes place in light of World War 1 and is a time of great nationalism by Europeans towards their own countries. Throughout this leaflet, Norman uses Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and font variations in order to gain support for his cause that Britain should not join the war.
The purpose of this leaflet is to convince the audience against joining the war, this can be justified as the author was a pacifist who opposed war. The author uses the fact that Britain would have to ally itself with Russia if it were to join the war as a reason for why the British should not join the war, this can be seen as the main headline of the leaflet "Why Fight for Russia." The intended audience could be the uneducated population, this is because author attempts to explain what Russia is, as seen in the second line "What is Russia." through providing information on Russia and it's political and social statuses, this signifies that the intended audiences are the uneducated as any person who is educated would know about Russia during the time. Also, the intended audience could be the unemployed. this is because at the end of the leaflet the author writes "get your local notables to hold meetings of protest against England." By providing information on how to protest against this cause implies that the intended audience has got a lot of free time on their hands which suggests that the intended audience could be the unemployed.
In summary, the leaflet conveys the ideology that Britain should not go to war as it will be alongside Russia, as seen in the first line "If England goes to war, it will be on the side of Russia." and continues to back up this statement by providing factual information and statistics to sway the audience's ideas in favor of the author's and concludes the leaflet by providing information on how to protest against the war.
The tone conveyed in the leaflet is a critical tone as the author is critical of Great Britain's decision to fight alongside Russia this is reflective in the statement made by Norman "Why fight for Russia." Also, the author continues by providing statistics and numbers such as "We spent 50,000,000 in the Crimea" and "140 million Russians, slaves of a corrupt autocracy" which further enhances the author's critique towards England's decision as it provides statistics against this cause.
The author uses logos to persuade and influence the audience's opinion regarding this matter. This is representative in the following statements made by Norman "Russia is the country to fight which we spent 50,000,000 in the Crimea" The author uses this sentence to show that Russia doesn't care for England as they invaded Crimea knowing that England had invested 50,000,000 pounds in it. Also, the author uses pathos in lines 12-15 "65 million Germans of our own race and blood" and "140 million Russian, slaves of a corrupt autocracy." By including this, the author implements contrasting information between Germany and Russia which creates a sympathetic connection between the audience and the Germans as the British can easily relate to the Germans due to them being "of our own race and blood." Also, the author utilizes the fact that Britain had an elected parliament in 1914 and implements the word "autocracy" to show how British and Russian ideologies contradict and that they should not fight alongside each other.
The author uses a variety of font sizes and underlines to add emphasis to the leaflet's main points which also attracts the audience towards more important aspects of his arguments. For instance, the author enforces his main ideology by including it as a headline and underlining it, as seen at the top of the leaflet "Why fight for Russia?" this allows for added emphasis by making this statement a focal point of the leaflet, also the author uses a vague claim "A war for Russia is a war against humanity." and adds emphasis to it by underlining Civilization and placing it in large fonts, this helps imply to the audience that this claim is an important claim and also acts as a focal point which would allow the author to get his main ideas across as they are focal points. Finally the author puts his call to action : "Britain, Stand Clear!"in a large font which allows the author to get his idea across.
All in all, Norman Angell uses logos, pathos, ethos, and font variations to gain support for his cause that Britain should not go to war.
The purpose of this leaflet is to convince the audience against joining the war, this can be justified as the author was a pacifist who opposed war. The author uses the fact that Britain would have to ally itself with Russia if it were to join the war as a reason for why the British should not join the war, this can be seen as the main headline of the leaflet "Why Fight for Russia." The intended audience could be the uneducated population, this is because author attempts to explain what Russia is, as seen in the second line "What is Russia." through providing information on Russia and it's political and social statuses, this signifies that the intended audiences are the uneducated as any person who is educated would know about Russia during the time. Also, the intended audience could be the unemployed. this is because at the end of the leaflet the author writes "get your local notables to hold meetings of protest against England." By providing information on how to protest against this cause implies that the intended audience has got a lot of free time on their hands which suggests that the intended audience could be the unemployed.
In summary, the leaflet conveys the ideology that Britain should not go to war as it will be alongside Russia, as seen in the first line "If England goes to war, it will be on the side of Russia." and continues to back up this statement by providing factual information and statistics to sway the audience's ideas in favor of the author's and concludes the leaflet by providing information on how to protest against the war.
The tone conveyed in the leaflet is a critical tone as the author is critical of Great Britain's decision to fight alongside Russia this is reflective in the statement made by Norman "Why fight for Russia." Also, the author continues by providing statistics and numbers such as "We spent 50,000,000 in the Crimea" and "140 million Russians, slaves of a corrupt autocracy" which further enhances the author's critique towards England's decision as it provides statistics against this cause.
The author uses logos to persuade and influence the audience's opinion regarding this matter. This is representative in the following statements made by Norman "Russia is the country to fight which we spent 50,000,000 in the Crimea" The author uses this sentence to show that Russia doesn't care for England as they invaded Crimea knowing that England had invested 50,000,000 pounds in it. Also, the author uses pathos in lines 12-15 "65 million Germans of our own race and blood" and "140 million Russian, slaves of a corrupt autocracy." By including this, the author implements contrasting information between Germany and Russia which creates a sympathetic connection between the audience and the Germans as the British can easily relate to the Germans due to them being "of our own race and blood." Also, the author utilizes the fact that Britain had an elected parliament in 1914 and implements the word "autocracy" to show how British and Russian ideologies contradict and that they should not fight alongside each other.
The author uses a variety of font sizes and underlines to add emphasis to the leaflet's main points which also attracts the audience towards more important aspects of his arguments. For instance, the author enforces his main ideology by including it as a headline and underlining it, as seen at the top of the leaflet "Why fight for Russia?" this allows for added emphasis by making this statement a focal point of the leaflet, also the author uses a vague claim "A war for Russia is a war against humanity." and adds emphasis to it by underlining Civilization and placing it in large fonts, this helps imply to the audience that this claim is an important claim and also acts as a focal point which would allow the author to get his main ideas across as they are focal points. Finally the author puts his call to action : "Britain, Stand Clear!"in a large font which allows the author to get his idea across.
All in all, Norman Angell uses logos, pathos, ethos, and font variations to gain support for his cause that Britain should not go to war.
