Carpe Diem is an older ideology, urging people to seize the day, for the day will soon be no more. Today was the inauguration of President Barack Obama, where he gave a speech using a similar phrase : "seize the moment". This article was mainly about ethos, it discussed the president, his inauguration, his speech, and what his plans were for America. However, the president himself was all about pathos, something that was shown through in the article as it made use of many of his quotes from his speech earlier today. President Obama said things such as : "My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together.", "We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it", and "Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm". At no time does he use the word "I". His diction revolves around "we", "us", and "our", which is the job of a president. They are here to focus on the people from the bottom of society to the top.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21133210
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