Roosevelt's Persuasive Speech Analysis

War is a problem that seems inevitable. America was founded thanks to a war, yet many Americans such as Michael Herr and William James do not support it. They both wrote essays to show the negative effects of war and to shine a new light on the subject. The essay, “Illumination Rounds” by Michael Herr, was published in The New American Review #7 in 1969. Herr speaks of his experiences in Vietnam and shares the abundant coping methods the soldiers use to deal with PTSD. He asserts that war is not worth all of the negative effects.

‘On the Brink of War’ is a one of a kind Speech delivered by the late West Virginia Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd to the Members of the Congress with regards to the looming war that was facing the United States of America. In his argument, the Senator was very particular in addressing the very specific details of the looming war and the preparation or lack thereof of the Americans in addressing the war.

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941’” began President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the day following Japan’s fateful attack on Pearl Harbor, resulting in the in the tragic loss of nearly two and a half thousand American lives. A date so famously proclaimed to ‘forever live in infamy,’ and so it has. This inspiring speech to Congress and the American people employed appeals and other techniques in it’s mission to touch America’s heart, both with sympathy and indignation. President Roosevelt’s use of rhetoric is extremely effective in rallying the American people to the cause of entering a war so many were reluctant to support.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt also known as FDR was the 32nd president of the United States and is known for being one of the greatest in history. He was a democrat and the only president to be elected four times into office even though he was unable to serve his full terms; he was still able restore the economy from The Great Depression with his New Deal domestic policies. The New Deal named the four important things to America during those times which were relief, recovery and reform. Establishing programs such as the Public Works Administration and Social Security which helped Americans back to work and help give aid to elderly people. FDR would also face other problems during his presidency such as pressure to get involved in World War II. Many actions would cause America’s involvement in World War II such as the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor, USS Panay and Germany’s unrestricted use of submarine warfare.

On May 25th, 55 representatives from every state other than Road Island met in the Pennsylvania State house, Philadelphia, now known as Independence Hall. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, were some of the well-known delegates. To begin with the convention was very secretive. In fact, no members of the press were permitted to observe, and no official journal of the events were kept. There was a chaperone assigned to Benjamin Franklin all the times, and the elder delegates who had a reputation for being chatty, these chaperones took the responsibility of making sure Franklin did not publicize details of the debate. It took around one hundred working days to frame the Constitution, during this time the

Contrary to what many believe, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the best suited person to be the US president. He was elected the 32nd president of the US. The only American president in history to be elected four times, Roosevelt died in office in April 1945 (History.com) During the time of his term, the United States' economic state was poor; this time period was called the great depression this started 1929 and ended 1939 (whitehouse.gov).

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Nicholas Kristof’s, New York Times article, “I Am Very Afraid I Will Die Tonight”, covers the nightmares that are going on in Syria and why the USA should be taking action to put it to an end. Civilians are currently being terrorized by their own government as they are intentionally dropping bombs on on them. They are doing this as a method of attempting to fight back against the extremists. According to Kristof’s article, the United States has put minimal effort towards stopping these horrors, and there is much more we can do to stop it. To carry out his argument, Kristof uses different rhetorical appeals.

The topic I chose for my research subject would be the Fireside Chats speeches by president Fredrick Delano Roosevelt (FDR), from 1933 to 1944. The specific speeches that that I intend to targeting are The banking crisis 12, March 1933 and/or The New Deal Program 7, May 1933, and lastly The Declaration of War on Japan, 9 Dec 1941. There is a lot of information to cover just in these three speeches, and I am still trying to pick a specific one. The main reason I am choosing the Fireside Chats is at this time in history, the American media was in its infancy. And the only way to get the news at this time was by the newspaper or radio. FDR was the first president that used this medium to communicate with the American public, easing their worries

War shapes the future by the blood spilt on the battlefield settling the conflicts that caused the rage in the first place. As soldiers die for the ideology of a small group of men, it feeds the fire that creates a horrific picture. Now, I did not have these thoughts as a younger man but rather had a glorious and Hollywood picture instead. Growing up, war was necessary to accomplish the objective moral ideals of goodness. American Senator William E. Borah of Idaho said it best as he voted to declare war on Germany in 1917. “... it commits this Government to a policy of war in defense of American rights, for the protection of American citizens, and for the security of the American Republic.” As a young man, quotes like these made me want to join a war when evil surfaces and pokes its ugly head challenging good. When I turned eighteen I was ready to have an honorable campaign in the infantry. Growing up as a kid, my father always had a book in his hand that had to do with war anything from Civil War to the Vietnam War. I would describe my father as a patriot, serving his country for 8 years. He was deeply passionate and intrigued about past American Wars, which with this very patriotic tone, it had leaked onto his son. I was taught to have great respect and pride for my country and so I had great interest in American wars also. But, I had not been familiar with the First World War and thought it would be a nice opportunity to understand America and her involvement in it.

Dean, Janice and I are trying to start millennium testing for some of the objects in envr 1776 yesterday. However, we discovered we barely have data to continue this testing. Dan promised he could help us get ‘good’ data into that envr so we can continue our testing. Before we go down this path, we wanted to run it by the whole team to check if this is going to be a good move. Does anyone has any immediate or potential concerns?

As the United States of America celebrates its 239th birthday, it’s good to sit back and think about some of the things that make our land the absolute best country in the history of the world.

Today, Americans still have great difficulty viewing their actions being wrong. They do not want to see their nation as vulnerable to the same moral failings as others, so they reject it (Alperovitz, 8). War also creates the mindset where unacceptable actions are viewed as the right thing to do. It is very possible that the American’s truly believed their actions were the proper way of handling the situation.

     When a person sees all the grisly images of war on the television set they cannot help but think, “This has got to stop”. But what reasons can this person justify their decision on? There are many people in the world who can only argue their opinion through what they see on TV, which of course is not what war is. In William Earle’s essay “In Defense of War” and Trudy Govier’s “Nuclear Illusion and Individual Obligations” we respectively see a pro-war and an anti-war opinion. We must differentiate between the two because Earle’s essay talks about war in generalities but Govier focuses on the nuclear aspect of war. As with most essays discussing similar topics they have their similarities and differences and

In the beginning of the article Mr. Hansen makes a compelling argument about the way war is viewed. He uses popular catch phrases that were created in the aftermath of the Vietnam war as an example of how people think conflict should be handled ( “An array of anti-war catch phrases has per­meated our popular culture: “Vio­lence only breeds violence”; “Make love, not war”: “War never solved any­thing”: and “Give peace a chance.” (Hansen 1). As Mr. Hansen mentions war is viewed as an ugliness that should never rear its head and it is treated as a misconstrued manifestation that does nothing but waste the time of others involved. In reality people want to solve disagreements by endless peace treaties and conflict resolutions which Mr. Hansen