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An argument is an attempt to solve a problem.
1) Requires justification through reasons and grounds.
2) Is both a process and product
3) Combines truth seeking and persuasion
The main argument found in the piece we analyse through this site, "Tear Down This Wall" by Ronald Reagan is that Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev should destroy the Berlin Wall, a wall that served as the symbolic divide between democracy and communism during the Cold War. Reagan believed that if Gorbachev truly wanted peace the way to begin was by tearing down the wall.
1) Requires justification through reasons and grounds.
2) Is both a process and product
3) Combines truth seeking and persuasion
The main argument found in the piece we analyse through this site, "Tear Down This Wall" by Ronald Reagan is that Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev should destroy the Berlin Wall, a wall that served as the symbolic divide between democracy and communism during the Cold War. Reagan believed that if Gorbachev truly wanted peace the way to begin was by tearing down the wall.
In Reagan's speech, he says:
“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”