In Greta Thunberg’s UN speech “We’ll not let you get away with this” the speaker tells the international government that they are claiming to fix the global warming problem but they are really not fixing it even though they have the money to fix the problem. Greta Thunberg conveys her message through her use of rhetorical words, voice tone, pathos and by making it personal.
Thunberg uses her words wisely and her rhetorical questions to assist her to reach her purpose. She keeps on asking the question “how dare you?”to persuade the audience that they are the ones that cause this problem. She’s questioning their integrity with the use of questions because she blames them for cutting down trees and making factories that are causing the pollution. She also says strong words like “you are failing us, we will never forgive you, we will not let you get away with this” and lots more to make the international government hold responsibility of all of these disasters that is coming soon to the world. Her purpose of these words is to attack the international government because she believes that they are guilty for this air pollution and the lack of CO2 that is used for technologies. She wants them to know that they act like they hear the people but they are failing everyone because they are breaking down the climate and she accuses them of knowing that they are doing that. Her main purpose with these words is to make the government know that everyone knows that they are destroying the world.
Another persuasive strategy Thunberg uses is her tone of voice. She gets louder when she is warning the government that the people won’t leave them. When her voice gets louder it indicates to the audience something important that you must be aware of. The higher her voice gets the more she is alerting them to watch out from what everyone will do to stop their wrong doing to the environment. Every rise in tone, she is indicating to the audience that they are doing something wrong and to watch their backs. She also is breathing deeply during this speech which emphasis that she can’t talk because of how disappointed she is with the government. Her change in tone from low to high and her heavy breathing indicates a feeling of disappointment and threat to the government.
