A Rhetorical Analysis Of Barack Obama's Speech

In 2008, the pinnacle of American success and prosperity was beginning to disintegrate. America was in a downward spiral towards corruption, poverty, chaos, and financial instability. Barack Obama delivers an empowering inauguration speech, in 2008, bringing forth that Americans need to unify in order to return America to its rightful and bestowed place. In his speech, Obama utilizes an assuring tone to emphasize unity and the restoration of America also; he alludes to historical instances to convey a sense of legacy within the American people. Barack Obama alludes to historical instances so that he can attribute a sense of legacy to American people. Obama exclaims to the American people, “And why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might have not been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.” Obama alluding to segregation and racial
Obama expresses to the audience,” For everywhere we look there is work to be done. The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology wonders to raise the healthcare quality…... All this we can do. All this we will do.” Obama utilizing the phrase “we will” and stating various examples of how “we will” fix America, tells the American people that this is all possible but only through the cooperation of America as a whole. The restoration of America can be in near sight, but Obama emphasizes through this tone, that he alone cannot take on the task of restoration. His tone also quells adversity and variation; he depicts the image of America as one and solidifying the bonds that hold Americans together despite