General Douglas Macarthur Speech
General Douglas MacArthur, in his speech “Duty, Honor, Country”, recounts his experiences in the war on stage. MacArthur’s purpose is to emphasize the ideals that the soldiers should live by while serving as soldiers. He adopts a reflective tone in order to appeal to similar feelings and experiences in his military audience. MacArthur begins his speech by illustrating the importance of the code of conduct. He does this through the use of a hyperbole used to emphasize how the code of conduct is an expression of the ethics of the American soldier. “for all eyes and for all time” (MacArthur 1). The hyperbole exaggerates the importance of the code of conduct in order to bring the most attention possible to the ideals that shaped him. This section