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    The Walking Dead Kennedys One American belief that has been consistent throughout the history of the country is perseverance. In John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s speech “The Inaugural Address” and Frank Darabont’s series “The Walking Dead”, the idea of perseverance is well represented. Kennedy wanted to show people how it may take time to fix our country, but we must keep pushing through the hard times, there is a light at the end of the tunnel we just need to keep walking. Darabont’s show, meanwhile,

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    Two very influential speeches, The Gettysburg Address and The Second Inaugural Address were both spoken by Abraham Lincoln. The time period of the speeches is quite interesting, the first taking place before The Civil War and the second one, after The Civil War. His word choice is elaborate and precis, which makes it quite easy to analysis what he is trying to put forward in his speeches. Although some may argue that Lincoln had other ideas in mind, it is quite evident that his vision of America

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    “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” said Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his First Inaugural Address. This quote continues to inspire many to this day. As a president, FDR helped America remain positive and hopeful in a broken down economy and during the times of World War ll. Although World War ii affected the lives of many U.S. citizens, Franklin D. Roosevelt beneficially impacted the war. He influenced the war and brought America through a period of treacherous international

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    are made with the inaugural address of President Kennedy and the recent inaugural address of President Donald J. Trump. This is done is because the Trump inaugural address was viewed before the Kennedy inaugural address. Therefore, I come at the Kennedy address from the context of having had watched that of Trump first. The two speeches are quite different. Part of the reaction I had to the Kennedy inaugural address was I believe because of viewing other Presidential inaugural addresses, including

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    John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

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    John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Ceremonial speeches are given to mark ceremonial events and help a society move beyond their differences. John F. Kennedy gave a ceremonial speech, his inaugural address, on January 20th, 1961, marking one of the most historic speeches in time. In John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address speech, that is being evaluated today, the author uses social cohesion as a call for the nation to give back to the country, as we should do of course, and to ask, and expect less

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    Kennedy delivered his inaugural address in front of President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, and millions of American Citizens. Kennedy wanted to put a message out to America that gives an example of what he will accomplish during his years in office. In order to portray his message clearly, he uses many different rhetorical devices, including anaphora, chiasmus, and scesis onomaton. J.F.K’s Inaugural Address was full of rhetorical devices. He uses many devices throughout his Address, while maintaining

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    Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address As I read the lines carefully of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, I wonder how a man who is elected for his second term as president with over 54% of the popular vote, and in turn, compose such an eloquent address can be assassinated little more than a month later. In reading other commentaries concerning this address it seems to me that everyone concurs that this address is one of the finest speeches ever written by a president. Lincoln wrote other

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    history; to carry forward that precious gift” (Barack Obama's Inaugural 1). He was explaining his plans for the nation in a way that the audience could easily understand; all while still giving off a powerful manner. He also uses repetition at the end of the speech when he states “This is the price and the promise of citizenship… This is the source of our confidence… This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed…” (Barack Obama's Inaugural 4). Him restating the quote “this is the”, Obama is making

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    to review was the “First Inaugural Address” by President Barack Obama. He is considered one of the great communicators because he is very skillful and his voice conveys confidence, authority, and command. In his first inaugural address, Obama delivered a powerful message to an estimated 1.8 million people gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. The central Theme of President Obama’s inaugural address was to call to restore responsibility. In his inaugural address, Obama mentioned that “for

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    know and understand that war was here. War was coming to a close at the time Lincoln delivered his speech. Lincoln made sure his speech was short and simple. When he spoke his speech, he made sure that it was not a happy speech. Lincolns second inaugural address was not a happy or rejoicing day for him. It was a sad and disappointing time because it was true that the war had ended. That didn't mean all in the world was well and happy and that things would go back to how they were. Things would never

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