Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Analysis

America was in a very tough spot during this time period of World War II. America wanted to stay out of foreign affairs but this changed when the Japanese targeted Pearl Harbor. World War II had many important out comes like the use of the atomic bomb, the outstanding death toll, and the discovery of the Nazi death camps. Many people in many countries around the world in this time period loss there freedoms. Roosevelt talked about freedoms that are stake at war, that is why I am analyzing “Roosevelt Identifies the “Four Freedoms” at Stake in the War, 1941” and “Norman Rockwell Depicts “Freedom From Want” for the Office of War Information, 1942”. “Roosevelt Identifies the “Four Freedoms” at Stake in the War, 1941” is a document that tells of Roosevelts idea of the future world, where everyone has the four freedoms. The four freedoms are, freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. He talked about the four freedoms at a very important time, with the rise of Hitler and the
This poster depicts a family gathered around a great Thanksgiving meal with the caption “OURS… to fight for FREEDOM FROM WANT” (page 273). Roosevelt’s freedom from want means economic understanding. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday to the fourth Thursday of the month after Pearl Harbor. This poster can be interrupted in many ways. Showing Thanksgiving can show the sacrifices Americans made from the war like moving Thanksgiving. It could also be showing how we should give and be generous to the less fortunate, this was the time period when people were against welfare because they thought it would make people lazy. This poster reminded Americans that during the war time we were fortunate we could have nice Thanksgivings were as in other parts of the world people are starving in death