Tara Okunade 3/11/08 AP English 3 2nd Prd The Gettysburg Address Imagine being a soldier in a great war‚ and some of your comrades have been shot down‚ and there they lay: Dead. Wouldn’t your spirits be lowered? This was the story of the soldiers in the Civil War who watched their friends die and couldn’t do anything about it. On November 19‚ 1863‚ the United States was in the middle of a war between the north and the south. This marked the turning point of the way things were ran at that
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The Gettysburg address was a speech given by president Abraham Lincoln and the main purpose of the speech was to dedicate a cemetery for the brave men who died at the battle of Gettysburg. President Lincoln was also encouraging the men and women to be dedicated citizens of America. When I was listening to the speech it was hard for me to understand some words President Lincoln used. The language President Lincoln used was meant for his time not the current time. For example when President Lincoln
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The Gettysburg Address In the beginning of The Gettysburg Address‚ Abraham Lincoln stated that this nation is founded on the principle that all men are created equal. His speech revolves around the idea that we should not consecrate this battlefield but make certain that the great loss of lives is made worthwhile by creating massive reforms in the government so it fights for the wellbeing of all people. The Gettysburg Address is similar to Letter from Birmingham Jail in that both of them are
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In the Gettysburg Address‚ Lincoln states that we are a “government of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people”‚ a government run by normal‚ everyday citizens‚ elected into office to represent the wants and needs of Americans. We‚ as a nation‚ were raised to help our fellow man‚ and to keep what is truly just in our minds and hearts. In this day and age‚ that former statement seems to become less and less true. The past three presidents have been something akin to a lawyer‚ a senator‚ or
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a horrendous tragedy that took the lives of 51‚000 union and confederate soldiers. Sensing that the battle marked a turning point in the Civil War‚ President Abraham Lincoln decided to address the nation at the battlefield. He gave a speech titled "The Gettysburg Address" in which he used compelling ethical and emotional appeals to successfully inspire the citizens of the union to continue fighting the civil war. The President uses terms such as "hallow" and "consecrate”
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Kathy Tavakoli English 1A Proof. Casil 23 January 2013 I Have A Dream 1- The analogy in Paragraphs 4 through 6 of the speech “ I have a Dream”‚ use the similarity or comparability analogy. Which is means analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity. As Freud suggested‚ an analogy won ’t settle an argument‚ but a good one may help to clarify the issues. Like the Martin Luther
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truly cared about slaves and one of the most renowned of those people was President Abraham Lincoln. Proof of his dedication to seeing a free America is in his famous Gettysburg Address. “The nation shall have a new birth of freedom‚ and that government of the people by the people for the people”. This is the last sentence of the address and it is without confusion or play on words it has a very clear meaning. The first sentence “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth‚ upon this continent
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Running head: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ’S SPEECH‚ "I HAVE A DREAM ’ Martin Luther King Jr. ’s Speech‚ "I Have a Dream ’ Marsha Spainhour Sandhills Community College Public Speaking Kathleen Kruska November 16‚ 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. ’s Speech‚ "I Have a Dream ’ The true test of a speech is born of its immediate impact and its long-term value as a rhetorical document. It is a small wonder that only a few speeches transcend their own moment in history and become resonant literature
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the slaves under the lead of a free man who is motivated by the moral code of equality between blacks and whites. The sentiment about slavery was totally different than today’s. Slaves were private property and not even considered as human beings who have lost rights as Americans. Actually‚ slaves were a joker in the pack to both Northerners and Southerners. Saying all this make the slavery issue seems the cover of the civil war. Therefore‚ the goal of this chapter’s second section is to examine whether
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religions. Throughout history‚ the American people have shown again and again that they can put aside their differences because of mutual goals. Therefore‚ sharing these goals often unite individuals in American society. The Americans usually coalesce when faced against a common foe. In the “Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln encourages the living “be here dedicated to the great task remaining before [them]” so that the perished would not have died pointlessly (Beers 28). The president wants the
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