Michael Himes Inaugural Address Analysis

| Cumulative Sentence But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort…yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance.

In the general purposes of the three inaugural addresses of FDR, JFK and Barack Obama, they were focused on appreciating the constitutional process which involves the inauguration of the U.S president. For example, recently, President Obama stated in his speech that people gathers each year to observe the enduring strength of the U.S and the act of democracy. FDR also appreciated the need for the inauguration in upholding the constitutional values and cultures.

On January 20,1961, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated into office. According to many, like Representative Charles Buckley of New York, this was the most outstanding inauguration in history. Within the three documents: Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961 by John F. Kennedy, Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 Years On by Eleanor Clift, and Inauguration of John F. Kennedy by the United States Army Signal Corps, they show that day in diverse ways, but all hold a significant meaning. The styles of the three documents are widely contrasting. The contrast comes from the deviation in purpose, tone, and the effect that each gives to President Kennedy’s legacy.

I am just a simple man from the south, trying to live an honest life. But it is difficult when the people up North are making everything in favor for them. They think that because they are above us they can control us, when we are under a “Constitution” that is supposed to make everything fair for us all. Let me tell you one thing, we are not the kind of folks to just lay still and let people walk over us because they come up with a piece of paper saying that they voted and decided that they can do this and that. Well we finally wised up and caught up with their acts and antics. We created our own piece of paper that says what we do is okay.

Typically when people think of Thomas Jefferson an image of an anti-slavery, patriotic president comes to mind, not a one who promised more than he could do. Elected in 1801 Thomas Jefferson was the first Republican to be president, unlike his predecessors George Washington and John Adams. Despite the big shoes to fill, he focused on leading the country with a few goals in mind: peace, prosperity, and simplicity. In his Inaugural address he made these ideals transparent by promising to maintain amity with other nations, create justice for all, and rule constitutionally. However, these goals seemed to be loftier than he anticipated. Jefferson wasn’t able to achieve his goals outlined in his Inaugural Address by the end of his presidency because of his failure to execute his ideas for friendly international relations, justice and equality for all, and directly following the Constitution.

On September 19, 1796, first President of the United States of America - George Washington - wrote a letter commonly known as Farewell Address, which was published in a Philadelphia’s newspaper called American Daily Advertiser for every citizen to read it – nine years after the signing of the Constitution. This open letter was actually drafted and prepared in 1792, when Washington was planning to retire after working a single term in office; but after his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, and his Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton were convinced and feared that the divisions between the Federalist and Republicans would set the country apart with the absence of a strong leader like George Washington, he decided to serve for a second term. The purpose of the letter was to offer advice to the next president, as he warned about political factions and permanent alliances.

In Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address, he mentions that “the better angels of our nature” will soon become prominent again within the Union. The better angels of our nature can be better understood by describing the “angels” as the morals and redeeming qualities that make people human. These “angels” include empathy, compassion, hope, joy, love, and the desire to strive for more. In Christianity, these “angels” could also be related the fruits of the spirit; the characteristics that come from the idea that humans are made in God’s image. These “angels” are what Lincoln hoped for in 1861, and what America today can use to find hope in a sin infested world. The election of 2016 of President-Elect Donald Trump has stirred up emotions on all spectrums of the political scale. People are overjoyed and depressed over the results, and the reasons very from foreign policy to reproductive rights. Some would argue that the results have led them to believe that there is no hope left in this country, while others would argue that President-Elect Trump will bring about the new hope the country has been searching for over the past 8 years. No matter how right or left people may lean politically, there are some signs in the United States of America that hope is still alive and well; there might just have to be some sifting through limitations to be able to see this hope.

The 1960s would become one of the most formative decades in American history, and that trend was majorly influenced by one of the most influential presidents-- John F. Kennedy. In his Inaugural Address on the cold January day in 1961, JFK united the citizens of the United States under one common purpose, beginning his presidency much like he would end it, with political strength and determination. Through her use of repetition, anecdotes, and humor, Eleanor Clift reminds us that while many view it as one of the most momentous events in history, to those closest to the inauguration, it was the end of a long and tiring road.

Comparing the writings of the current president, Barack H. Obama, and the first and most iconic president, George Washington, is very intriguing. George Washington’s Farewell Address talks about his hopes for the future of the country but wishing to retire from presidency. Barack Obama’s inaugural address presents his hopes for changing the country during his presidency. The beliefs of our country’s figurehead have stayed relatively similar when it comes to factions and military usage but, in some cases, have changed drastically especially in terms of foreign relations.

Imagine working on a cotton farm day in, day out. You have no way of knowing when this constant brutal work will stop. The next day you wake up to the sound of gunshots and cannons. Startled as you gather your little possessions, you look outside and see all your owners shot dead outside the plantation mansion. You see a group of men, one of them calls out to you, “You're free now, but I suggest you come to the North with us if you would like to live. You can also get a job with us and fight for the Union in this Civil war.” Why were the northerners allowed to free slaves from plantations to the south? Lincoln fought all his presidency to pass the 13th amendment. It did not take a few weeks and many people died in the process, but the emancipation

In the Constitution, Senators were first elected from legislators while citizen would vote to choose their representative for the House. However, the system in which citizen could not choose their leader didn’t reach the demand of the democracy. As a result, according to the 17th Amendment, we can now vote for the Senator for the term of six years and they are considered for reelection. For each even year, people are excited to choose their new leader, their representative who they think can bring a better future for the United State. In order to get attention and popularity, the candidates put a lot of effort in campaigns in which they will present their plan and their promise they would finish in their term in offices. The seventeenth Amendment

Donald Trump, a once controversial political candidate, gave his 2017 Inaugural address on January 20th, 2017 when he was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. Through appeals such as syntax and diction, religion and patriotism, and logic, Donald Trump was able to generate a unifying speech toward his audience. Amidst the growing violence and repercussions of the 2016 election, Donald Trump, in his 2017 Inaugural address, sends the message that he will put America and its citizens first to unite the country and change America for the better.

The ceremonial speech, his famous inaugural address, delivers numerous axioms and is a text that is referenced often in sixties culture through modern times. With a specific goal to comprehend the significance of this immunization, one must comprehend the era of our country at the time of Kennedy’s address and connect with what President Kennedy was enduring. By providing foundation data relating to the express of our union in 1961, I will discuss the tone of the discourse, the effect that President Kennedy's term played on our country, and the relevance of Kennedy’s famed address in today’s era

On January 20, 2009, President Obama was officially inaugurated and sworn in as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. The tradition of being inaugurated requires the president to give a speech about the goals they want to reach during their presidency. The president must make a speech that appeals to the audience while being professional. Rhetoric is a useful strategy to utilize in speech making. Obama uses rhetoric to achieve presenting his message of creating hope and change together in America while fixing the economic and social challenges and issues left behind from the previous president. Barack Obama uses syntax, the rhetorical triangle, and diction to portray his message.

Since President Abraham Lincoln’s famous second inaugural address nearly 150 years ago it has been a long standing tradition for the President’s inaugural address to present a somewhat ambiguous claim for world transformation and diplomacy. President George W. Bush’s second inaugural address is no different. It set forth President Bush’s ambitious vision of the United States’ role in advancing of freedom, liberty, and democracy worldwide “with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world” (para. 7). In order to persuade his audience to adhere to his arguably over ambiguous goal, President Bush uses a rhetoric strategy that blends elements of ethos and pathos with specific word choice to