How Is Kennedy Relevant Today

In the beginning, President Kennedy starts his speech by addressing the issue at hand by using allusion and powerful diction. Kennedy is speaking to his American audience on the unfitting civil disputes that have erupted throughout the nation during his presidency. “ Today, we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all that wish to be free.” This sentence in Kennedy’s speech demonstrates not only the problem at hand in America using the literary tactic allusion, but it is also used to inspire the American people to make a difference in the world on how we treat each other. That we are all created equal and should as all our mothers have voiced before, “treat others as you would like to be treated.” Thus, making way for conversation to move to the next stage, logics.

Kennedy provided the American people the hope and motivation that they originally lacked during a time of international chaos through one of the most inspiration speeches in American history. With an excellent use of ethos, pathos, and logos throughout his speech, Kennedy not only inspired just the American public, but also people of other nations around the world. Without the use of such strategies, the American people would have lacked the amount of motivation and hope they required in order to make the fight to change

Kennedy’s inaugural speech had a bigger historical impact because it brought immediate change. Kennedy made a statement that clearly resembled the tone he wanted to set for our nation’s foreign affairs: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” This evidence shows the willingness that Kennedy had to do whatever it took to preserve and protect civil liberties, and to defend our freedom as well as the freedom of allied nations. With his famous words,” Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.” With these words, Kennedy sparks a sense of nationalism in the hearts of citizens. The well-being of the United States is the primary importance, and the idea that any problem that mankind encounters could be resolved, or at least a solution could be

Throughout president John F Kennedy 's inaugural address speech he presents several emotional appeals to convey his feelings towards the American people. The purpose of Kennedy 's Inaugural Address speech was to inform the people of what his intentions were for the future of this country. Since this speech was based on his intentions for the future of his country, a sense of trust needed to be established between him and the people, he accomplished this by applying emotional appeals to his speech. President John F Kennedy charged up his speech by making sure he built bridges between him and the people. Through his speech, he capitalized on change, not only for America alone but for the globe itself. Since this time was not a time of peace, where war, inequality, racism was transpiring, President kennedy included numerous lines of hope, that could have potentially been used to persuade the audience to strongly believe in what he was communicating with them. He mentions “For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty…”(Kennedy para2) ,relating to all people of lower class, providing them a sense of hope in which they could look forward to. John F Kennedy then continues by summarizing that it is time for America to shape its own future and that the people as a whole can overcome any obstacle that is bestowed upon them. People at this time found these words very

Kennedy utilizes parallelism to illustrate his points. He repeats “Let both sides” in his speech to create harmony with the United States and the Soviet Union, and to fix common global problems like “tyranny, poverty, disease and war”. He wants countries to help one another with problems than letting issues divide them. In his address he wants his nation to

At Washington, D.C, John F. Kennedy was speaking his inaugural address. * It was here that he said in the second paragraph; “ the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.” In the same speech, Kennedy pledges to those mentioned, but what he does is not pledge himself to adversary states, but asks for a request that both sides begin anew quest for peace. Kennedy in short words, cared. He unknowingly used his last months in office to progress the clustering of what would be the civil right movement.

While talking about how the US can be bitter about MLK’s death, he says, “We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization -- black people amongst blacks and white amongst whites, filled with hatred towards one another.” America is at a crossroad- it can either continue discrimination and loathing, or, as he says later on, America can learn from this experience and move towards peace and equality. Using plain folks appeal and parallelism, Kennedy shows the need to act responsibly- the brighter future exists so long as the right steps are taken. After talking about MLK, Kennedy states that “we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it’s not the end of disorder.” By using parallelism, plain folks appeal, and repetition, he shows his audience that the civil right leader’s death won’t be the last- the worst has yet to come. It’s not only them who this rule of life applies to, but him, and the entire country, as well. Later on in the speech, he encourages everyone to “... dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the lift of this world.” Kennedy, in his final statements, refers to the Greeks in a historical allusion while endorsing the idea of peacefully going about MLK’s death. America’s current situation is not a foreign one- people ages

One way Kennedy builds his claim is by using ethical appeal. He says, ”United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do- for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder” (7). This is an example of ethical appeal because it plays on the morals of common man to work together. Without working together the world will not obtain a shard of world peace because world peace can not come from the effort of few people. Later on he adds, “...we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves- not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right.” (7) This an example of ethical appeal because it shows that the United States will help others obtain peace because it is right. With taking this initiative, the rest of the world will have an example to follow. The audience then feels the need to help with the peace effort. Kennedy then declares, “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more then mine will rest the final success or failure of our course.” (9) This is ethical appeal because it questions whether the citizens of the world work to obtain world peace. Without the effort of the citizens, world peace will not be possible for future generations and their children. To sum up,Kennedy uses ethical appeal to support his claim of world peace.

African American activist would say, “His actions were like putting ointment on a burn because it only helps temporarily.” In contrast, plenty of people would stay the opposite. After the Birmingham incident, JFK decided it was time to talk about the Civil Rights movement. He urged the country to hear his plea, “Now the time has come for this Nation to fulfill its promise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them,” (Document E). After witnessing the horrors at Birmingham President Kennedy could no longer ignore the moral issue nagging at him. He noticed the preposterous actions taking place in the country. In his speech, he described how it is in the Constitution that all men are equal. Therefore, no matter the race nobody, of any power, could judge somebody on something they cannot control. His first efforts were trying to get Congress to desegregate American facilities. Even though during his Presidency no official acts were made, he still did help the Civil Rights movement. Some actions he took as follows, but not limited to, hiring African-Americans to high-level positions, speaking out for integration of schools, he personally ensured and escorted James Meredith into Ole Miss, had Ole Miss integrated, and wrote apologies to those affected by arresting of innocent African Americans. Furthermore, Kennedy put a lot of effort into making America equal for everybody even if he never got to pass an act. Though that may be true, he set the foundation for all of LBJ acts. LBJ followed through on all of JFK’s ideas for the Civil Rights Movement and got them passed into acts. In all this shows that Kennedy put time into making America equal and if he had lived, he probably would have got his ideas made into acts since Lyndon B. Johnson was able to pass his

Many Americans argue over whether John F. Kennedy was a good president. When simply grazing over the surface, it is easy to assume that Kennedy was indeed a superb president. From having a “perfect” family, handsome face, and possessing exceptional speaking skills, it would seem almost impossible for such an ideal man to have flaws. Only by digging deeper into the late president’s life and political affairs would Americans understand how lacking Kennedy truly was as president of one of the world’s leading nations. Kennedy was sluggish when it came to granting African Americans the rights they lacked and fought so strenuously for, his constant fear of the spread of communism also caused him to focus most of his attention on poor developing countries and less on the country he’s leading, and he also made careless mistakes which came at the cost of many innocent American lives at the Bay of Pigs.

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” These were the words spoken by John F. Kennedy after being assumed into Office in 1961. And that he did. John F. Kennedy, in my opinion was one of the best Presidents to ever run this country. From the lowering of taxes to regain jobs for his people to the cuban missile crisis JFK no doubt has benefited our country. Not only has his works been put in the history books but are parallel to the works of our former president barak Obama today.

John "Jack" Fitzgerald Kennedy has been a part of the United State's history. Not only because he was one of their many presidents, but also because he made a change. He seemed pretty normal. Not too arrogant, not too shy, but I think he changed many people's opinion about things. He made the people, not only in the USA, but many other places a little bit happier when they watched television. He gave many people hope and peace and the days weren't actually peaceful. A lot of things had happened and many things were about to change. The Cold War was still going on, and they were building a wall across Germany, people were afraid, black people was soon going to get the rights they deserved as a human being and he gave them,

“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”, John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said. John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. As a young democrat, Kennedy won the votes of the people with his promises of social justice. (John F. Kennedy, Web). Tragically- before even hitting 3 years in office- John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Though his term wasn’t to the length he planned, the effects of what he did during his time as a president are lasting now over 50 years later. The major stepping stones taken by Kennedy helped out groups that needed it most. The laws John F. Kennedy passed in his short term in office had a positive influence on the future treatment of groups discriminated against in America by

In conclusion, strong appeals to morals and emotions are important aspects of Kennedy’s inaugural speech, which was aimed at uniting the people of the world as one by referencing their commonalities− such as shared backgrounds, cultures, and values. Kennedy creates connections between the different societies and groups of people in the world to emphasize his powerful call to duty, which serves to further unite the audience together with a common goal to ensure that we can all live in a world of peace and stability, where basic human rights are protected for

An analysis of John F. Kennedy reveals a myriad of ideas that he had for the people of America. This is despite the rhetoric that was present in his speech; three dominant themes emerged from his Inaugural address. These are freedom, leadership and the use of rhetoric in addressing multitudes.