Rhetorical Analysis Of Barack Obama's Relation With The Nation

Analysis: the extract 5 illustrates how Obama attempts to establish an interpersonal relation with the nation by creating a sense of national-duty. And, based on the frequency with which the possessive determiner “our” is used suggests that his implied definition of “we have responsibility to act” is identical to that of his audience. Furthermore, early in the speech, Obama makes the following statement: “when our interests and values [Barack Obama’s interest and the United States] are at stake.” we ought to question this assumption and try to find which interests and values is he referring to? Nevertheless, notice how this statement brackets Barack Obama and nation, as one unity, thereby uniting the speaker and his audience in their rhetorical