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="To My Christian Friends" Rhetorical Analysis= by: Joshua, Carlye, and Arrianna

Establishing the Occasion
The occasion of this letter was written due to response to a lot of email and talking about "Ellen." He wanted people to know that he was that he was a Christian and that he wanted to still be accepted by all of the people that may not know him.

He establishes this by saying things such as "Christian Friends", "Harding University Brothers and Sisters" to make sure that people knew the relationship status he felt with people surrounding him.

__Ethos__ Concerned for acceptance after admittance in being gay Builds strong character with Christian Faith and strong foundation Relaxed manner/ yet formal enough to be taken serious confident, happy with his foundation

__Pathos (stories and people)__ Acceptance current "friends" won't change in the conclusion of the letter Example - pre teens and the parable project, boys made it clear that homosexuals are to be hated Example 2 - students tell horror stories, one student asked to leave when he confessed he was gay

__Logos__ The logic behind behind this message is to show that gays are forced in some manner to be rejected. They are actually forced to be dishonest because if they are open about being homosexual they are feared of not being accepted.

__Claim__ The claim is that he is gay and also is a christian. The church hates his sexual orientation. And he just wants to be accepted. "Like many young men and women, though, I also grew up knowing that i was different, realizing that later that that difference was and is homosexual orientation.

__Evidence__ He gives several examples through out the letter, how being gay is hated upon. Students telling horror stories in class gays are taught to be headed pre teen parable/ biblical stories considered to have unforgivable sin teenage suicide is linked to homosexuality

__Differing Views__ There are no differing views in this letter. The whole letter is fighting against the way that homosexual people feel about being upfront and honest. You could say that the whole letter is a response to people with differing views. Also he discusses the views of people in the Church of Christ, whose views on homosexuality differ from his own. MSH

__Effectiveness__ The letter was very effective, we understood his views. He gave several examples that further supported his claim.