Rhetorical Analysis Of Obama's Speech

President Obama addressed the survivors of Hiroshima May 27, 2016. He spoke at the Peace Memorial and the speech was also broadcasted worldwide. President Obama had a very humble tone throughout the speech that conveyed his respect for the people of Hiroshima. He expresses this when he says "We come to mourn the dead... Their souls speak to us. They ask us to look inward, to tkae stock of who we are and what we might become." He acknowledges the horrific event in the beggining paragraphs of the speech. Toward the body of the speech, the President moves more toward the somber attitude of why Hiroshima was bombed, expressing that, " The World War that reached its brutal end in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was fought amoung the wealthiest