Rhetorical Analysis "No Game No Life"

Rhetorical Analysis "No Game No Life"

1. Speaker: Sora / King Audience: Elkia Goal: Motivate Context: The people don't use magic and need reassurance

2. Logos

   • "Declare that we will/fight as the weak"
     • Sora, although being weak motivates people by DECLARING he the king will fight as the weak
   • "Cowardice has given us the wisdom to escape from magic"
     • Cowardice comes from being weak and from cowardice comes the wisdom to escape magic
   • "We are the weakest race that can become anything because we were born with nothing"
     • Motivates people that being weak is only the beginning, they can become anything they want because they, the weak, were born with no magic

3. Pathos

   • Sora, the King, has fist over head
     • The people start to cheer because Sora is basically saying that they ARE powerful
   • Questions the people
     • Sora firsts needs to point out there worries because their weakness can be an advantage
   • Sora's 'I LOVE HUMANITY' shirt
     • The people have no magic like humans, the shirt tells the audience that Sora is okay with the fact that his people are magic-less, in fact he loves them

4. Ethos

   • Sora holds hands with queen when saying they are cowards from being weak
     • Accepts being weak and wants to get stronger. He is a rational king.
   • "We are the weak!"
     • Sora, the King, is in the same boat as them.
   • 'I LOVE HUMANITY' shirt
     • Easier to believe and listen to him with no fear

5. BY: GABY LOPEZ