powerful and inspiring speeches. His positive energy and young yet wise personality made him easy to listen to for all audiences. In fact‚ on January 20th‚ 1961 John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most remembered speeches of all time; his inaugural address. At a time of racial tensions‚ economic hardships‚ and lingering fears of war‚ he strived to bring comfort and confidence to the American people. In order to achieve this‚ Kennedy understood and addressed the need for dire changes to be made for the
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the students will not be going to heaven to live with God. The English III classes read the “Second Inaugural Address” by Abraham Lincoln‚ “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass‚ “Runagate Runagate” by Robert Hayden‚ and “Declaration of Sentiments” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These pieces of texts show how an oppressed gender and
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the Southern part o fit. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was‚ somehow‚ the cause of the war. “ He began talking about war‚ god‚ and death all so soon. Granted this was a required inaugural address‚ Lincoln made it about the slaves and the war. His main point was that slaves were the central cause of the Civil War‚ and he ended with the we just need to be kind to one another‚ "with malice toward none‚ with charity for all.” This is mainly a
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During his second inaugural address‚ Abraham Lincoln surprised his audience with a short speech that contemplated upon the future of the Nation. Though his oration did not last long‚ Lincoln was able to stress the reunification of the union as well as inspire hope for a more prosperous future. Lincoln begins his speech by directly addressing his intended audience‚ the north‚ by expressing that length is not needed in his address as all words on the state of the nation and the war have already been
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The late 1800’s‚ a time of great racial tension in the South‚ set the stage for Booker T. Washington’s famous address. During this time of crisis in the United States‚ blacks were the victims of unspeakable crimes such as torture‚ castration‚ hanging and lynching at the hands of white Americans (Retrieving the American Past 7). A new strategy needed to be developed to assist the blacks in America. The organizers of the Atlanta Exposition invited Booker T. Washington to speak at their event because
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speech‚ “The Gettysburg Address”‚ was an empowering piece that gave comfort to the public when the Union most needed it. The other speech‚ “The Second Inaugural Address”‚ was an influential speech about Abraham Lincoln returning to office for a second term. Both speeches‚ utilizes rhetoric through the use of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to support Abraham Lincoln’s viewpoints of the Civil War. Ethos is shown throughout “The Second Inaugural Address” more than the “The Gettysburg Address”‚ though both
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8010886 "So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."-Baha’u’llah. In his Second Inaugural Address‚ Abraham Lincoln sincerely suggests that all humans are more similar than assumed in order to reveal the causes of the Civil War and to italicize the fact that the nation should unite as one. The similarities of the North and South caused the war. Although both parties "deprecated" and "dreaded" war‚ one side "accepted" war while the other "made" war. Lincoln’s use of
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Rhetorical Analysis of JFK’s Inaugural Speech During the time JFK was elected president‚ our country was going through many hardships. After recovering from the Cold war‚ America needed a leader who would help bring peace and unity to the country. His Inaugural speech was encouraging and attempted to persuade the American’s citizens to do just that. His speech gave them comfort and confidence in him‚ as a leader that they desperately needed at the time. He used many rhetorical strategies
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some authoritative manner direct the contrary.” The fact that he says that Americans have the right to not agree with him on every stance and political action‚ shows that he was aware of the opposing views about statehood and slavery. Lincoln had to address the nation in a manner that did not infuriate those who would not have agreed with his beliefs. Though Lincoln had maintained a perspective that did not linger on the issue of slavery‚ his speech still had a rhetoric that was trying to help people
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later was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his television debates with the Republican candidate‚ Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote‚ Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. His Inaugural Address offered the memorable speech: "Ask not what your country can do for
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