Freedom and Oppression Freedom. The prided word of all of Americans. Any American will tell you that the best thing about their country would have to be freedom. It means a lot to us. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” and Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” shined onto freedom in their own way. Both were memorable and left an everlasting mark on the history of America. However in Roosevelt’s speech‚ he wants to achieve global peace by supporting our overseas comrades and defeating his enemies. Whereas
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leading to the end of slavery and was a spectacular president until his untimely death. In his‚ rather short‚ Second Inaugural Address he surprised people with not only its length but its content as well. Lincoln‚ using careful wording‚ treated both men and parties as equal‚ thus creating an impacting result on what would eventually be American History. Lincoln starts off his address with a simple “fellow-countrymen” which describes the whole audience‚ both black and white. Lincoln chose his wording
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Ask Not What Your Playground Can Do For You Timmy‚ Jimmy‚ Tom‚ Andy‚ weird kid picking his nose on the teeter-totter: Today we didn’t see my birthday party‚ but me being a little kid and turning into a big kid-- I was like you guys‚ and now I’m not. I can tell you the same thing that our mommys and daddys told us almost a bajillion years ago. The playground is not the same anymore. The big kids can share their toys‚ or push us off the swing set. But the same problem our mommys and daddys had
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure‚ permanently‚ half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided.” This was the beginning of a great man’s rise to power. It was his first promise of a better United States. Lincoln chose to start a war on slavery‚ but he also intended to finish it which brings us to this speech. He was explaining why the war needed
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In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln faces a deeply divided nation in midst of a civil war. Lincoln hopes to mend fences by making a moving speech using inclusive and optimistic diction ‚parallelism‚ appeal to Common Christian‚ and substantial amount of balanced syntax. Lincoln’s optimistic diction invokes a sense of unity and establishes common ground for both‚ North and South‚ to find a compromise. Instead of using "the South" and "the North"‚ Lincoln always uses “all” to connect
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Inspiration- John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty fifth president of the United States of America from 1961 until his death in 1963. Although Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected‚ he was also the youngest to die. America changed even before his assassination. Kennedy was improving the lives of millions of Americans. As an adolescent‚ Kennedy was not at the top of his class. He was constantly fatally ill‚ and missed school many times. However‚ Kennedy succeeded and
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individuals involved in war. During Lincoln’s second Inaugural Address‚ he makes his purpose clear to the nation by using deliberate parallelism to appeal to each side‚ obvious reasoning to the audience’s desires to demonstrate his position‚ and by building his character and trust. Lincoln’s notable eagerness can be attributed to how he chooses phrases that provide a way of including everyone with a positive sense of respect. While referring to his last address‚ he claims "All dreaded it‚ all sought to avert
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Abraham Lincoln ’s Second Inaugural Address In the "Second Inaugural Address" (1865)‚ Abraham Lincoln contemplates that they‚ as a United Nation‚ should reflect on the effects of the Civil War and move towards a better future for this nation. He addresses God and the issue of slavery in order to encourage the Northern and Southern states towards reconciliation. Lincoln tries to reveal his intention by utilizing figurative diction‚ parallel syntax‚ and a shifting tone. Abraham Lincoln uses
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“Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address‚ 1801” by Thomas Jefferson Gordon S. Wood wrote that Thomas Jefferson was a very important figure in the development of what we know today to be the United States of America. But‚ he was also hypocritical in the things he proposed. On March 4‚ 1801‚ Thomas Jefferson gave his inaugural address to become the third president of the United States. In his address‚ he says that the minority should have equal rights‚ which
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During the Civil War‚ President Lincoln’s position on the practice of slavery changed from the start to the end of the war. He expresses his views about slavery through a variety of primary documents; both of Lincoln’s inaugural addresses‚ his letters to Horace Greeley‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and the 13th amendment to the United States Constitution. Through these documents‚ Lincoln demonstrates his initial feeling towards slavery as being neutral/indifferent for his priority was to keep the
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