President John F Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ given on January 20‚ 1961 at the Capitol‚ was undoubtedly one of the best inaugural speeches ever given. This speech was intended to be heard by all of the citizens of the US‚ and with over 20‚000 in attendance‚ and many more watching at home on television‚ he reached much of his targeted audience. I believe he used this speech to inform the citizens of the United States about what he planned to do for the country while in office‚ as well as to motivate
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Madison Temme 2/7/14 AP Lang. Period 4 Kennedy’s Inaugural Address John Fitzgerald Kennedy won the U.S. 1960 election by one of the smallest margins in history. With a win by only a tenth of a percent almost half the country felt that Kennedy should not be president. The new president was left to convince that half that his win is one of the best things that could have ever happened. In his inaugural address he states not only what he was going to do in his time as president but bring
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Analysis of a Key Passage The Address by Marga Minco In The Address by Marga Minco‚ the author suggests that people do not realize what they take for granted until they do not have them anymore. In the excerpt‚ the narrator is in a house with all her possessions‚ and the daughter of the woman who took all these possessions has no idea what is going on. Long ago‚ the narrator’s mother had given all her worldly possessions to a strange lady‚ who always took everything away with a look of greed
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Abraham Lincoln’s The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions (An Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield‚ Illinois) January 27‚ 1838 As a subject for the remarks of the evening‚ the perpetuation of our political institutions‚ is selected. In the great journal of things happening under the sun‚ we‚ the American People‚ find our account running‚ under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era.--We find ourselves in the peaceful possession‚ of the fairest portion of
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Burning” by William Faulkner‚ the main character‚ Sartoris‚ is a young boy who lives in a poverty-stricken family with a father that is leading him towards a dim future. Sartoris has his father as a source of knowing what misery and hopelessness comes from their family. Sartoris is determined to have a brighter future than the one in which he feels his dad is going to provide him. He goes about this by going against what his entire family has told him. Throughout the last two paragraphs‚ William Faulkner
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"Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise." Or was it an old man? A guru‚ perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard this story‚ or one exactly like it‚ in the lore of several cultures. "Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind. Wise." In the version I know the woman is the daughter of slaves‚ black‚ American‚ and lives alone in a small house outside of town. Her reputation for wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people she is both the
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The Ideals of the Gettysburg Address On November 19‚ 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln‚ presented his now-famous Gettysburg Address to a large crowd that had assembled to dedicate a battlefield where thousands of soldiers had lost their lives. The United States of America was at war with itself. The southern states had seceded from the northern union of states and had formed the Confederate States of America. The United States were no longer united. President Lincoln had to say something to
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holocaust was the author of “ The Address”. Marga Minco. She was the only survival in her family. Although she didn’t talk so much about what happened before or after the war‚ her decision of waiting to go to the address shows that she was emotionally affected about what happened in the past. She didn’t want to remember all these bad memories that will constantly reminds her of her family’s death. Luckily‚ when she put herself together‚ she decided to go to the address and take what belongs to her.
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President Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech at the dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania on November 19‚ 1863. Pennsylvania was the site where the brutal battles of the Civil War were taken place. He was dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equally and soldiers that died for that cause should obviously continue to fight. The sacrifices that were made during the Civil War were the beginning of a new freedom to the land‚ preservation of the Union‚ which
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President John F. Kennedy (JFK) is the 35th president of the United States of America. On January 20‚ 1961‚ he made his Inaugural Address. In this speech‚ he addressed his goals for the nation when he says‚ "we shall pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." By this means that as a nation‚ we should meet any needs necessary to maintain the freedom and justice of the people. He uses effective tactics and rhetorical
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