Obama's "A More Perfect Union" Speech
Chris Ryden Ryden 1
Mrs. Wenker
Engl 1310.23
20 Sept, 2012
Perfect Union?
Barrack Obama's speech of "A more Perfect Union" uses rhetoric to describe his personal life and how it correlates to racial problems across the United States to help with his political campaign. A lot of his speech was meant to put certain views into new perspectives, to interest people, such as myself, and possibly, unintentionally, anger others as well. He also writes about topics that have meanings under the surface of the words, some things one must think about to uncover the true meaning of what Obama meant. He also writes about things we as a country have to do to head towards our "Perfect Union". He uses many tools of rhetoric such as: Occasion and exigence, historical and cultural context, Kairos, the rhetor, the audience, and ethical appeal. Obama first addressed the current period of time, reflecting back to the market crash, the origins of the nation, and other difficulties that tested the courage of our convictions. President Obama said that we are tested at this moment of time, one year after he took office. He said that the worst of the crisis is over, but there is still devastation and stressed that all Americans share the nation's difficulties and should work together to fix them. He finished the opening stanza of his speech by saying that he had never been more hopeful about America's future as he was at that moment. His second key point, after his seven minute motivational opening, was the economy, which he defined as his most urgent issue when he took office. He said that he hated the bank bailout but he said unemployment might be twice as bad if it did not take place. Economic growth was next on his speech agenda. Unemployment benefits have been extended
Ryden 2 and twenty-five tax cuts have been put in place. President Obama suggested two million more people would be unemployed without the recovery act money spent by the government
Mrs. Wenker
Engl 1310.23
20 Sept, 2012
Perfect Union?
Barrack Obama's speech of "A more Perfect Union" uses rhetoric to describe his personal life and how it correlates to racial problems across the United States to help with his political campaign. A lot of his speech was meant to put certain views into new perspectives, to interest people, such as myself, and possibly, unintentionally, anger others as well. He also writes about topics that have meanings under the surface of the words, some things one must think about to uncover the true meaning of what Obama meant. He also writes about things we as a country have to do to head towards our "Perfect Union". He uses many tools of rhetoric such as: Occasion and exigence, historical and cultural context, Kairos, the rhetor, the audience, and ethical appeal. Obama first addressed the current period of time, reflecting back to the market crash, the origins of the nation, and other difficulties that tested the courage of our convictions. President Obama said that we are tested at this moment of time, one year after he took office. He said that the worst of the crisis is over, but there is still devastation and stressed that all Americans share the nation's difficulties and should work together to fix them. He finished the opening stanza of his speech by saying that he had never been more hopeful about America's future as he was at that moment. His second key point, after his seven minute motivational opening, was the economy, which he defined as his most urgent issue when he took office. He said that he hated the bank bailout but he said unemployment might be twice as bad if it did not take place. Economic growth was next on his speech agenda. Unemployment benefits have been extended
Ryden 2 and twenty-five tax cuts have been put in place. President Obama suggested two million more people would be unemployed without the recovery act money spent by the government