![]() This increases the audience’s desire to accept this call to action, and results in an effective speech as well.Īlong with uniting the American populace as one, Kennedy unites the human populace as one. This connection between the president─ who has the ability to make an impact on the world─ and the audience shows that the people have the same ability to make an impact on the world. Kennedy’s impressive credibility parallels the same credibility that is ideal in the American nation. As a people, we are committed to the promotion of human rights and peace as well, and by showing his commitment to these ideals, he is able to prove his credibility through a shared set of ethics with the audience. He swears the same oath set by “our forebears” in front of the country to show his commitment to the survival of basic human rights “because it is right” (Kennedy). Kennedy uses ethical appeals in his speech to further unite the country while also adding to his credibility as a newly elected president. Through a combined effort, our country will be able to change the world for the better, as a nation of united peoples is much stronger than a nation of disconnected peoples.Īside from the similarities in backgrounds, Americans share a set of core values as well. While it is a big responsibility, he acknowledges that we can do this and if each American citizen helps the country in their own way, we will be able to make a difference. He tells his “fellow Americans” to “ask not what your country can do for you” but do what they can for their country (Kennedy). Additionally, Kennedy further connects the audience through a call to duty directed at each and every listener. ![]() We are all descendants or supporters of the brave patriots who fought in the revolutionary war to stand for these same principles, and by referencing this shared heritage, Kennedy is able to further unite the American people. While we may have different ethnic or racial backgrounds, all who live in this proud country are all people who believe in values such as liberty, freedom, and justice. All Americans, born here or not, are members of the great American ‘melting pot’. He appeals to the shared background of this proud and disciplined generation of “heirs of first revolution” and asserts that this generation will prove their patriotic loyalty by leading America to join in the effort to assure the “survival and success of liberty” (Kennedy). He states that his inauguration should be a beginning of renewal and change, and goes on to connect Americans together. There were many pressing issues─ threats to freedom and liberty, existence of poverty and misery, and lack of peace and civility─ that he felt should be rectified. Kennedy aims for his speech to be used as a call to duty to unite all of his listeners. Additionally, the use of a structurally and logically sound argument with powerful imagery and emotions used throughout the speech allows this call to action to be so effective in uniting Americans and the human race together. In this inaugural address, Kennedy connects Americans together as one country and humans together as one population with a call to duty that relies on a heavy appeal to the ethics and morals of himself and the audience. Additionally, he appeals to the rest of the world by referring to different areas and countries of the globe while also connecting all human beings together as one population. A strong appeal to ethics─ not only his ethics, but our ethics as a country united through common values─ and powerful emotional and logical arguments are used to convince the audience to take a stand and make a difference. He addresses the audience with a speech that would be remembered for years to come, as its call to duty is a powerful one. After the end of a close and competitive election, he used this speech not to celebrate his victory as president, but to unite the audience. Kennedy delivered a speech to the citizens and peoples of both America and the world. Here is a link to the speech if you have not read it: ![]() Please let me know what you think of my essay so far! This is a rough draft of my rhetorical analysis essay, which I chose to write on JFK’s Inaugural Address. ![]()
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