President Barack Obama performed a speech in response to a mass shooting that happened in a community college in Oregon. This speech included other gun related incidents which occurred during his time in office in 2015 regarding Umpqua Community College and Roseburg. After giving his condolences and love to those who felt loss in their hearts, Obama gave a powerful argument regarding gun control and how we, as Americans, should fight and strive for better gun laws. While Obama gave a moving speech, I could
After winning the 44th presidential election for the Democrats, and becoming the first African-American to hold this office, Barack Obama gives his winning speech known as the Presidential Election-Night Speech. He is delivering his speech in Chicago, 2008, predominantly people of the minority were present. Additionally, these are people who seek a change in the way society treats those who are perceived and treated differently solely because of their socioeconomic status, mobile, health or mental
2009, in the first year of his presidency, Barack Obama opened the school year with a speech to students, asking them to take charge of their own education. His speech, which he filled with many anecdotes meant to establish credibility and create inspiration, sent students an important message about their education. However, Obama could have made his speech stronger if he had avoided several missteps in the content and delivery of his message. In Obama’s speech, it says that students must take responsibility
This speech was presented in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention by a politician running for the United States Senate at the time, also known as Barack Obama. In this speech while Obama was still running for his campaign for the United States Senate he also supported John Kerry as he was the party’s presidential nominee for that year's election. This is one of Obama’s most historical speeches he has ever given and he did this by using several language deceptive devices such as euphemisms
Speech Analysis essay on Barak Obamas 2008 victory speech Barack Obama delivered his Presidential speech on November 4, 2008, in Great Park, Chicago. This selected speech is about his victory in the 2008 Presidential election. The speech was well put together and successful. This essay will explicate the tone as well as examples of his use of pathos and ethos which made his speech so successful. One successful strategy was his use of tone throughout the speech that grabbed the attention of the
controversial sermon given by his pastor and the racial remarks that followed him during his 2008 campaign, then Senator Barack Obama, was inherently forced into delivering a speech that would address the comments and prove to the American people that he did in fact shared their “American Dream” and was not an Anti-America charity case. Obama gave his famous “A More Perfect Union” speech in Philadelphia, where he seized the opportunity to address the controversy as an indication of a much larger issue
Cagnolatti English 103 Barack Obama 2004 National Democratic Convention Speech On July 27th, 2004 Barack Obama gave a influential and significant speech that is remains to be talked about ten years later. This speech took place at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Obama, speaking on the side of most democrats, specified that the John Kerry/John Edwards duo would be the greatest selection to assist in leading America down a greater road. The speech ended in rounds of applause and
President Barack Obama stood before his audience in the Del Sol High School of Las Vegas, Nevada, declaring his position on immigration in the United States. His audience in the auditorium consisted of American citizens and immigrants who supported him in his second presidential campaign. The school in the state of Nevada was chosen due to its majority Latino student body to allow the President to address a group whose primary concern during the campaign was immigration reform. In his speech, President
A few weeks ago Barack Obama gave his farewell to a nation that he served for eight years. In his speech he presented an excellent balance of emotion and passion when discussing his work and the progress American has made while in his time at office. If you are a fan of our most recent president or not, there is no denying that he is a intuitive speaker. His farewell speech came straight from the heart and touched those who watched with unsure feeling on what the next four years will look like. The
In the year 2009, Barack Obama shares with us his first inauguration for him becoming the forty-fourth president. As Obama begins his presidency, it is a tradition to write an appealing speech that is professional for his audience. Obama writes this speech to let people know that we will not take for granted the acts people did for us to live together equally. During President Obama’s inaugural speech, he remarked, “On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises