Kenney's Inaugural Address Rhetorical Analysis

John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address in January 20, 1961 was a good representation of the enormous amount of things that were taking place in that setting. Kennedy’s inaugural address enlightened America and the world on his goals for his presidency; within his speech he used a form of comparing and contrasting, repetition, and exposition. Applying these helps Kennedy’s address inspire his audience.
Kennedy takes advantage of one of his most prominent strategies, repetition, to emphasize his various points. To drive in the idea of change, Kennedy repeats words like, “to those” or “to our”. Those phrases formally address the old allies, new states, or the sister republics to show respect to them and to also cause each area feel special. By specifically addressing them for the one line, it gives them acknowledgement, which places Kennedy on their good side; also making the respective audiences listen up, like a call to attention. Relating to his main goal of world peace, this strategy elaborates on the definition of “world” by noticing the spots across the globe. “Let both sides” repeats because Kennedy wants to expand the peace part of his goal. For example, Kennedy utilization of “both” elaborates the unity that he strives for, and the word “sides” refers to sides of the world and sides of “problems which divide us”. With positive change and willingness in his tone, Kennedy invites them to join him. The section states the steps of what they need to do and the positive effects that could come from their unity or the negative consequences that might evolve if the world didn’t form an alliance.
Within his repetition were statements that juxtapose positive and negatives ideas of how he will execute his goals, Kennedy’s address conveys his objectives for the future to his audience. His main goal is to get “both sides begin anew the quest for peace…” Kennedy starts off with an idea of positive hope, expressing this by utilizing words like: good, pledge, assist, free,