Answer:
Coach Boone uses "we" and "you" (in the 2nd person plural) to appeal to the ethical responsibility of the players to surpass the race conflicts that keep them from becoming a team.
Explanation:
The Battle of Gettysburg serves as an example of the fight against racial discrimination, "the same fight that we're still fightin' amongst ourselves today," says Boone, appealing to the ethical responsibility they all have, including himself, to honor that fight.
"If we don't come together, right now, on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed" and "maybe we'll learn to play this game like men" are also examples of this rhetorical device.
At the same time, he addresses them as "you" as a group, to enhance the idea that they must be able to work as a team: "You listen. And you take a lesson from the dead", and "you will respect each other."
Answer:
Coach Boone establishes credibility with his team by using the word we to establish credibility by making it seem that they are in this together. We is collective and is used to unify us as a whole.
Explanation:
TRANSCRIPT:
Anybody know what this place is? This is Gettysburg. This is where they fought the Battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we're still fighting amongst ourselves today. This green field right here was painted red, bubbling with the blood of young boys, smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men: 'I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family.’ You listen. And you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together, right now, on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed -- just like they were. I don't care if you like each other or not. But you will respect each other. And maybe -- I don't know -- maybe we'll learn to play this game like men.
