Critique of Hilary Clinton, “It Takes a Village” Speech
Xiaowei Zhang
CRS 455
#4 Critique
March.24th 2015
Critique of Hilary Clinton, “It Takes a Village” Speech
As Clinton mentioned at the beginning of the speech, she takes Chicago as her village in order to inspire the people listening to the speech to feel close and warm and make them believe what she talked about in the speech is for everybody in her family. The village she mentioned at the beginning is connected to the sentence she said at the end of the speech, ““And we have learned that to raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family. It takes teachers. It takes clergy.It takes business people. It takes community leaders. It takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us. Yes, it takes a village. And it takes a President.” She makes people believe that the nation is trying the best for the people and everybody should try his best to value the life. From my point of view, the speech is all about family and child. In Clinton’s opinion, raising a healthy and happy child is the most challenging and important thing. Children are the nation’s future. She takes family and child at the first. However, as she said in the speech, “But we are all responsible for ensuring that children are raised in a nation that doesn't just talk about family values, but acts in ways that values families.” The things she wants to develop through the speech is how a nation can do for each family by real action and real improvement. In her value, act is more than just say so, and the actual law and rules are the only way to get progress. Also, Clinton takes children’s value at the first. “We are all part of one family, the American family, and each one of us has value. Each child who comes into this world should feel special -- every body and every girl.” This sentence makes a start of how we can do to take care of everybody’s value, which is start by doing more to support parents and the job they have to do. In this speech, she mentioned several
CRS 455
#4 Critique
March.24th 2015
Critique of Hilary Clinton, “It Takes a Village” Speech
As Clinton mentioned at the beginning of the speech, she takes Chicago as her village in order to inspire the people listening to the speech to feel close and warm and make them believe what she talked about in the speech is for everybody in her family. The village she mentioned at the beginning is connected to the sentence she said at the end of the speech, ““And we have learned that to raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family. It takes teachers. It takes clergy.It takes business people. It takes community leaders. It takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us. Yes, it takes a village. And it takes a President.” She makes people believe that the nation is trying the best for the people and everybody should try his best to value the life. From my point of view, the speech is all about family and child. In Clinton’s opinion, raising a healthy and happy child is the most challenging and important thing. Children are the nation’s future. She takes family and child at the first. However, as she said in the speech, “But we are all responsible for ensuring that children are raised in a nation that doesn't just talk about family values, but acts in ways that values families.” The things she wants to develop through the speech is how a nation can do for each family by real action and real improvement. In her value, act is more than just say so, and the actual law and rules are the only way to get progress. Also, Clinton takes children’s value at the first. “We are all part of one family, the American family, and each one of us has value. Each child who comes into this world should feel special -- every body and every girl.” This sentence makes a start of how we can do to take care of everybody’s value, which is start by doing more to support parents and the job they have to do. In this speech, she mentioned several