Logos throughout I Ain't Marching Anymore
Logos is a way to use reason to persuade an audience. In this song, Ochs is trying to persuade his audience the entire time that war is not good, and he was not going to continue the fight. The logos in his song comes out through the examples of the destruction that the United States has caused throughout the world. When Ochs says, "For I stole California from the Mexican land/ Fought in the bloody Civil War/ Yes, I even killed my brothers". These statements exploit the negative aspects that The United States colonization has caused. In order to persuade the audience to not fight any longer, Ochs employs the use of reason and logic, to show why war is wrong. The entire song uses examples of logos to show the negative effects of war. The repetition of logos in the song reinforces the message that Ochs is trying to get across. Logos is used as the main mode of persuasion.
Another note to add to your initial definition of logos is that it is done through providing the audience with reasoning and research. I personally think that pathos would be the main mode of persuasion in the song, however, logos is an important complement to it through the addition of various specific examples occurring in the war.
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