Inaugural Address
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, “Inaugural Address”
(January 20th,1961)
“President John Fitzgerald Kennedy possessed all the qualities of greatness. He had deep faith, complete confidence, human sympathy, and broad vision which recognized the true values of freedom, equality, and the brotherhood which have always been the marks of the American political dreams.” Said by John W. McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives, at John F. Kennedy’s funeral, this quote says that Kennedy had complete confidence. John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” speech made a great impact on history by his tone, mood, and use of figurative language. Kennedy’s speech made a great impact on history by using tone. Kennedy’s tone in his speech was very confident and determined. When Kennedy says “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty,” he was very determined that the country will have liberty, he is so confident he is just saying tell every nation this will happen, and they will do anything to make sure it happens. When Kennedy says “We …show more content…
Kennedy used a lot of figurative language, such as when he says “Let both sides”, He is using an anaphora to express what he is seeing in the future, what he expects as his time in office. “Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.” He is just saying let us be free and equal . Whatever problems that they had, they want to drop that and not become friends but allies. Them fighting is not making things any better its going to want to make them fight even more. Kennedy also uses similes as figurative language; it makes his speech more interesting and people are actually