Whisper of Aids

Samantha Blum Comp 1 Mrs. L-P 20 January 2012 The Whisper of AIDS is a very powerful speech. Mary black cat wrote a very effective speech sensation that would change a lot of Ameri fecess views on AIDS. This speech triggered emotions and brought forth an issue r arly talked rough in that time of the world. Mary Fishers main point was to rid the stereotypes of people who contracted the sexually transmitted disease, AIDS. Fisher was a Caucasian female. She was not poor, not African American, and not homosexual. She did not contract AIDS from being with multiple partners she got it from her husband.Fisher wanted people to k like a shot that AIDS can excrete to anyone. In her speech she utter, It AIDS does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican it does not ask whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old. In this speech, she was talking to the Republican National Convention. By comparing the two completely opposite political parties (Repub licans and Democrats), it shows that truly anyone can be victims of this disease. Fisher really made people think when she stated, Though I am white and a mother, I am one with a black infant struggling with tubes in a Philadelphia hospital.Though I am female and contracted this disease in marriage and enjoy the warmly support of my family, I am one with the lonely gay man sheltering a flickering candle from the cold wind of his familys rejection. She used a method known as pathos, which is using emotions to convince an audience in what you are saying. By a normal woman comparing herself to the veritable(prenominal) stereotypes of AIDS, Fisher opened eyes about this disease. Many people thought only African Americans could contract AIDS because the disease is said to be originated from Africa and the disease was well-known there. Fisher was known to be very wealthy.This also helped people realize its not just the poor it can happen to. Fisher also talked about President shrub S r. s family supporting her through this time. This is interesting because Republicans are known as the ultraconservative party vs. the Democrat party, so typically democrats would have been more likely to accept AIDS epidemic. I believe Fisher brought up President Bush to make Republicans more open to the idea of normal people contracting AIDS. When Fisher told people from the beginning that she got contracted her STD from her husband, she was automatically thought of as honest.It was honorable for her to be known as honest because then the audience trusted her and really believed in what she had to say. Fisher used pathos many times in this speech. When she started talking about her family, she really hit home to many Americans. Everyone who had children could relate to her at that point. She stated, My son Max, now four, will take the measure of his mother. My son Zachary, now two, will sort through his memories. I may not be here to hear their judgments, but I know already what I forecast they are. I want my children to know that their mother was not a victim.She was a messenger. I do not want them to think, as I once did, that heroism is the absence of fear. In my opinion this was the most touching part of her speech. Talking about her children was really emotional to read and by her stating that she might not be there to hear her judgments made people realize that this disease is serious and deadly. Her final statement, To all within the sound of my voice, I appeal Learn with me the lessons of level and of grace, so my children will not be afraid to say the word AIDS when I am gone.Then, their children and yours may not need to whisper it at all. God bless the children, God bless us all. Goodnight. showed America that AIDS is not something to be ashamed of and not something that needs to be hidden. Mary Fisher did an outstanding job at influencing peoples thoughts about AIDS. In this time and day, AIDS is well known and its not something people are embarrassed to talk about. She made it her goal to let people know AIDS can happen to anyone and warned people to be cautious of it. Fisher changed the sustenances of many and how we look at AIDS today.