Nadya Tolokonnikova, a Russian political activist, spoke at the Wired 2015 event just two weeks ago. Her speech,
found on the Huffington Post, was based upon the idea of physical borders and its restrictions. She spoke about the concept of globalization and how we should not be citizens of the United States, of the United Kingdom, of Russia, but of the world. Tolokonnikova was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in August 2012 because of an anti-Putin performance with her band, but ever since her release, she has appeared on stage with several world leaders, including Bill Clinton.
Since her purpose is to convince the people of the world to live without borders, she depends greatly on the appeal to emotions. Because of this, Tolokonnikova uses first-person plural personal pronouns, like "we" and "our". The effect of her use of these pronouns is very strong because the audience feels as if she is part of them, and this effect is exactly what she is aiming for. Knowing that she cannot work alone, Tolokonnikova depends on working together with her audience. Therefore, I found her speech to be very effective because she successfully became one with her audience.
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