FAREWELL TO BASEBALL ADDRESS

B Y: L O U G E H R I G

Saray Hernandez

1st PeriodEnglish 2 4/10/13

BACKGROUND

Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903 in East Harlem New York City he was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League. Baseball player for the New York Yankees.

He dies on June 2 ,1941 at the Age of 37 in Riverdale New York City.

VIDEO OF THE SPEECH

http://msn.foxsports.com/topics/m/video/24272368/gehrig-s-farewell.htm

Delivered 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York

SOAPSTONE- SUBJECT

Lou retirement from baseball

SOAPSTONE OCCASION

He speaks of his retirement due to his illness and addresses the pity that people feel for him.

SOAPSTONE AUDIENCE

Are his fans

SOAPSTONE PURPOSE

Was to show the world how strong and willed and fearless he can be.

SOAPSTONE SPEAKER

Lou Gehrig

SOAPSTONE TONE

Sad but hopeful and optimistic

ETHOS

Extremely well respected by his fans and fellow players.

PATHOS

His speech was every emotional

LOGOS

The speech uses the logical appeal to support why he considers himself “the luckiest man to face the earth”

REPETITION

WEBSITS

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lougehrigfarewelltobaseball.htm

http://msn.foxsports.com/topics/m/video/24272368/gehrig-s-farewell.htm

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