As 44th President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, in his 2009 Inaugural speech, includes references from our founding fathers on how if we stick to our values and work together, we will be successful. This expresses what his plans for his presidency are, and what he hopes to accomplish within his time in office. He addresses the nation and the rest of the world as well. Obama showed many times throughout his speech, that he wanted to continue what the founding fathers started. “Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man -- a charter expanded by the blood of generations.” (Paragraph 12) This shows his patriotism, and how he plans to fulfill what the founders of America wanted. People still …show more content…
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. “On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.” (Paragraph 5) These two sentences express his hopeful tone and show his plans for the future. Giving people hope will unify the citizens together and create a peaceful and prosperous workforce. As Obama was taking office, America’s economy was not doing very well, he uses fear to show that things need to change and he will help that. “The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift.” (Paragraph 10) People are scared of losing their jobs and worrying about supporting their families, so he lets the nation knows that he recognizes that problem. All throughout Obama’s inaugural speech he discusses the future and reminds the nation that the past is in the past. He uses many rhetorical devices to support his claim including fear, patriotism, and
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”(Obama). On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama delivered his first Inauguration speech as the president of the United States. With a motivational tone, Obama adequately emphasizes to U.S citizens on how he will attempt to rebuild America through the effective application of definite allusions, compelling anaphoras, as well as many potent metaphors.
Within his speech, Barack Obama admits that the United States is in the "midst of a crisis" but he believes that it can change, but he also makes it clear that the change cannot happen overnight. Obama's inspirational tone stirs up the nation with phrases such as “dust ourselves off” and “bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions.” Barack Obama's message persuades his audience because the message is believable and delivered by an honest man. In his previous speeches, Obama spoke of race and prejudice, an economic crisis and his hopes and fears with such intelligence that when
In his 2004 speech, Barack Obama stated “I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible.”
In Obama’s speech, it says that students must take responsibility for their own success in school, no matter what obstacles they face. Obama claims this will benefit not only the students themselves but also their whole country. Obama's perspective seems to be that hard work is patriotic.
He has said "We'll remind the world just why it is that the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth." at a campaign event in 2012 re-election (“Barack Obama Biography,” n.d.). Hence, his followers can have enough confidence in his goals.
Obama introduced his speech greeted the audience, and since the beginning he identified himself as one more citizen of the America, by refereeing to his broadly audience as “his fellow citizens,” (Klein) which was an effective way to have the people attention. Then he grounded his words on the Constitution of the United States to introduce his thesis about how the patriots of 1776 fought to give us a republic and a government that defended the rights of its people. He also presented the main points of his speech, and concluded his introduction by sharing common past experiences about the economic success achieved and about the importance of protecting the most vulnerable. This way he put his ideas in context and made his address more credible.
President Obama, like all Presidents before him, delivered a farewell address to the United States on January 20, 2017. As he stepped down as President he was eloquent and it was as clear as ever that he is a master of oration. Obama will go down in history as the first Black President as well as a strong orator who had the ability to captivate an audience through his use of ethos, pathos and logos amongst other rhetorical devices. His farewell address is a perfect example of Obama’s mastery of discourse as it is chock full of oratorical devices. Obama’s message to the American people and to the rest of the world is that it is essential that we maintain a sense of what it means to have a democracy and that in order to maintain peace and
The President begins his next point, starting his next paragraph with “but” , bringing out a change in tone and dropping in the central argument, or message, into perspective. Using deductive reasoning, Obama explains more plainly than before that America can’t function under a single person, but work as a single unit as “American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world” and “ No single person can train all the… teachers we’ll need…” but “… now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people.” At this point if you don’t sense a feeling of unity in the depths of your brain then you are Helen Keller and I respect that.
Primarily, Obama’s victory speech was about his winning the election for the office as the president. President Barack Obama delivered his speech on Nov. 4, 2008, in Grant Park, Chicago. The speech was a powerful, positive, and persuasive, also it inspired the audience. The main point of the speech is to cover three important pictures at the beginning, he drew a comparison between the past and present, by answering a rhetorical question “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible” (Obama 685). Subsequently, he stated the gratitude for his running mate Joe Biden, campaign manager and his lovely family. Also, Obama was formal and candid to describe the catastrophic financial crises that happened in 2008 and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the end of his speech, he painted a big picture of the upcoming change, by giving a comparison of women rights to vote and slavery between hundred years ago and now, also by mentioning and inspiring the younger generation. He also advised the American people to keep moving into the future and the adapting to the progressive movement theme.
In the 44th president’s inaugural speech, President Obama discussed the problems facing the US & Their plans for the future to a crowd full of Americans in a refined and professional tone in order for Americans to have hope for his presidency. Why is Obama’s speech so memorable? Obama's speech was so memorable because he made history by being the first black president and he connected with so many people using allusions, anaphora, and imagery throughout his speech. Obama opens his inaugural speech by addressing the crowd, telling them that he is thankful for president bush’s service to America and that he was truly grateful. Throughout Obama’s speech, he emphasizes on many points by using allusions that help the audience better understand
The President begins his next point, starting his next paragraph with “but” , bringing out a change in tone and dropping in the central argument, or message, into perspective. Using deductive reasoning, Obama explains more plainly than before that America can’t function under a single person, but work as a single unit as “American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world” and “ No single person can train all the… teachers we’ll need…” but “… now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people.” At this point if you don’t sense a feeling of unity in the depths of your brain then you are Helen Keller and I respect that.
He managed to present control and unity between two opposing forces. He talked about all he would deal with as a president as well as a global icon who was working hard for global peace. Towards the end of his speech, her noted that , "I do not shrink from this
Barack Obama had a great speech when he was inaugurated in Washington D.C. on January, 20th 2009. In his speech he talked a lot about what he is going to improve. One thing he said he
Obama has great confidence in his ideas and potential for success, which propose that at his core he is ideologically motivated by a desire to transform society. However, because he is not extremely dominant, driven more by a commitment for achievement than by power for its own sake, he is relatively pragmatic in his efforts to consummate his policy objectives. As a fearless, ambitious person, Obama tends to be a goal-oriented leader first, motivated primarily by advancing his policy objectives, with only secondary consideration to maintaining good relations among members of his team. Obama, despite a seemingly relaxed, casual personal style, is an effective, active leader greatly invested in achieving his policy objectives. With his tremendous
The last part is emphasized by Obama because he gives rhetorical questions (“…, what change will they see?”, l. 97, “What progress will we have made?”, ll. 97-98) that should make the people think about what they did, what they changed and what they