Blog 4: SOAPST

      "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat"

                    -Winston Churchill

           As one analyzes Winston Churchill’s “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” speech, they can truly understand the connection between the speaker, the text, the audience as well as how all of these factors contribute to making this piece of literature effective in reaching its goal. Of course other aspects also play an important role in forming the strong bonds between all the components of this speech. W. Churchill’s speech given in England around May 1940’s, uses a serious and directing, yet encouraging as well as confident tone, to inform and motivate his audience consisting of the parliament and the English citizens. His first professionally and well said speech, regarding the war and change in government, as Prime Minister of Britain leaves an effective and respectable outcome on the people of England. His confident tone, while referring to the “…blood, toil, tears, and sweat” they will spare on their struggle for the war, drives and motivates the people to give it their all, by showing that Churchill is right by their side on this challenging yet worthwhile journey. Even though talking about a war, Winston Churchill keeps things positive when he ends his speech by talking to his audience, using the pronoun us, as though he is one with the people. His concluding statement, “come then, let us go forward together…” only makes his speech even more effective, adding a finishing touch and a stronger connection between speaker, subject, audience, and text.