Fdr's Speech Analysis

Two-hundred and nine thousand. That is the number of lives that were nobly given to save the many during the invasion of Normandy (D-day and the Battle of Normandy). The courageous men and women fought continuously for days on end, climbing the jagged cliffs of Normandy, France. Under rifle fire from gun nests from above, the allied troops were able to take control of the coastline, but not without great sacrifice. The speech given by Ronald Reagan was made to commemorate those who fearlessly fought for our country and the many thousands that gave their lives during those hard days of war. His speech had a clear message, to honor and remember those who gave and risked their lives during the invasion of Normandy.

The Berlin Wall had been in place for 26 years. Increasing unrest was occurring in Berlin, and at this crucial time Ronald Reagan, as several presidents had done before him, traveled to the Brandenburg Gate, seen by most as the symbolical center of the wall. On June 12, 1987, he then spoke of peace between the USSR and the Western world, while motivating Berliners to help take down the wall and come together as a nation once more. Throughout the speech “Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate”, by Ronald Reagan, he makes use of imagery as well as appeals to ethos and pathos to incite the German people to rise up and destroy the Berlin Wall, reunifying Germany.

Richard Nixon successfully used Pathos throughout his “Checkers Speech” to appeal to the emotions of the American people. Nixon, more commonly known for being one of the most hated presidents that the United States has endured, is exceptionally brilliant. He used technology to help him plead his innocence, as he televised his big “Checkers Speech” for the entire United States to hear.

Cornel West spoke at Texas A&M University-Commerce as a guest speaker on September 28th in order to discuss why race matters in 2016. He talked about different subjects including race in politics, social justice, social economics, police accountability, and prominent social justice warriors. Filling the shoes of Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. West kindly educated the students and faculty by discussing the current racial justice movement, what the movement stands for, and what they intend to do. The insight that Dr. West offered helped me better understand the difficulties of racial tension, and what we can do to stop both racial and social injustice. What I found particularly interesting about his speech was the way that he captivated the audience.

John Adams is known by most Americans today for his contributions to the formation of the American government. However, what many do not know is that while he was a supporter of patriot values and beliefs, Adams’s first priority was his job as a lawyer: defending those under trial regardless of political beliefs or nationality. After the Boston Massacre in 1770, during which British soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Bostonian rebels, killing five, Adams defended these soldiers, who were thereby acquitted. Adams’s argument in his defense of these soldiers is that by swaying the verdict on the basis of patriotism over devotion to the law itself, colonists stoop to the same level as the British, whom they have condemned as tyrants. Adams used ethos, pathos, alliteration, epizeuxis, and rhetorical questioning in his closing argument to effectively convince the jury to recognize that the soldiers were acting in self-defense and to defend not only the law, but also his morals as a colonial lawyer.

In Ronald Reagan’s speech, “remarks at the Brandenburg Gate” the 40th President Reagan discusses the positive qualities and aspects of the democratic system of government in America at the time. Reagan also challenges the Soviet Union as well as their communism and calls for Berlin to unify once again. Attempting to spread the ideology to those in Berlin, as well as the world, and convince the people there should have been a transition from Communism to Democracy, Reagan takes advantage of multiple appeals as well as an inspirational and hopeful tone. Reagan also made many very smart, conscious decisions regarding not only his appeals but also his choices of delivery, historical context, use of language, and timing, and audience. Utilizing these aspects allowed Reagan to give one of the most memorable and effective speeches in history.

How did FDR’s speech motivate Americans to support our troops going into war? This will be the attack on America that no one will ever forget. On a quiet Sunday morning in the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii islanders didn’t know that it was going to be a horrific morning. The first wave of attacks was at 7:55 am, 100s of Japanese fighter pilots came into vicinity of the Island, Honolulu.

Ronald Regan told the people that he understood the fear of war and the pain of division and he also pledged to help overcome these burdens. Even though some believed that we should not get involved in the crisis that was occurring, by us being the most powerful nation we could not just sit by and watch these horrific events occur.

Lyndon Johnson was convinced that liberal nationalism and the power of the federal government could transform society. His faith grew out of his youthful experiences with poverty in Texas, his political apprenticeship during the New Deal, and his desire to surpass Roosevelt's legacy. When he took office in November 1963, after John F. Kennedy's death, Johnson inherited the early initiatives to address poverty that the Kennedy administration had under consideration. With characteristic enthusiasm and expansiveness, Johnson declared a war on poverty in 1964 and pushed legislation through Congress to establish the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO).In this speech, the purpose Lyndon B. Johnson outlines his vision and goals for "The Great

The purpose of George Bush’s speech is to justify his future military actions and to unite the Americans by appealing to their emotions. Bush used a variety of emotive language and stylistic devices to express his concern over the incident for the audience.

President Reagan read his speech in public with so much care for the people and their families. Some examples that shows that he cares is that in the first paragraph he says “We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country”. This part of speech says a lot because he is referring to that the deaths of the astronauts has not been hard on the families but also on the country. President Reagan wants the audience and the crowd watching to feel the pain and also the astronauts were brave enough to go up in mission without caring about the consequences.

Between the early 1950's and early 1960's, The Khrushchev Thaw was expanding over Russia. Khrushchev's Thaw was Khrushchev turning the Soviet Union into a more peaceful place. Khrushchev worked as First Secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union between 1953 and 1964 and also led the Soviet Union in the cold war. His speech, "The Cult of The Individual", was given on the 25th of February in 1952, three years after Joseph Stalin’s death, to a closed session of Communist party delegates along with guests and members of the press; however, this speech was not recorded and is nicknamed "The Secret Speech". The purpose of Khrushchev's speech was to tempt the communist party closer to Leninism.

1.  What distinct characteristics can you identify that make an apologia speech unique? An apologia is a speech that is used to defend, justify, or apologize for an action, statement, or other remark, that is found offensive by many. Bill Clinton’s confession remarks at the White House at the 1998 Prayer Breakfast can be described as an apologia.

It’s hard to imagine that anyone could survive something like this. A tamping iron entered into and through Phineas Gage’s skull from left jaw. You would think that he would lose all mental ability from being impaled, but no. He was awake and alert after being hurt. Thought it punctured his brain, he didn’t suffer paralysis, his speech was not slurred at all. The only thing that had been affected was his personality. He had become profane, stubborn and disrespectful, especially towards women. He lived normally for 12 years then suffered an epileptic seizure and died. His case prompted many neuroscientists and psychologists at the time to study the connection between the brain (the area where he was punctured more specifically the frontal lobe)

John Adams is portrayed in the John Adams miniseries as a man with a strong moral compass, someone who prioritizes rights and trusts national institutions to enforce them. Although overshadowed by the more passionate revolutionaries, such as Thomas Jefferson with “his aura and his glamour,” he is driven by a sense of moral duty and acts as a stable backbone to the revolutionary cause.1 This obligation to the institutions that defend human rights shapes the tone of his closing remarks in John Adams, where Adams emphasizes the importance of fact and the crucial role it plays in the judicial system. Despite the feelings of animosity that members of the jury may harbor for his clients, the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, he