The timelessness of JFK and his inaugural address is highlighted in Eleanor Craft’s essay “Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration: 50 Years On”. His legacy and ideals have persevered over the decades, and will continue to do so. Although Craft’s essay and JFK’s inaugural address both utilize different stylistic elements to support their purposes, they are equally effective in conveying and proving their purposes to their audiences. Out of the stylistic elements employed throughout JFK's inaugural address, one of the more prominent stylistic events is repetition. By repeating words, JFK is able to put an emphasis on keywords that help further push his point across, and are important to and support his purpose. JFK constantly …show more content…
Eleanor Craft uses tone in her essay ,"Inside Kennedy's Inauguration: 50 Years On", to affect the reader's thoughts and feelings toward JFK. During the essay, she uses a positive and light tone when describing JFK and when using quotes from others. She does this by using positive words and telling heartening stories about JFK that one might not already know. On page 76 she tells the story of how he integrated the Coast Guard, " He said 'Dick did you see the Coast Guard in the parade? There was not a single black face, and I want you to do something about it right away'. So I told Dillon and within a few months to Coast Guard was integrated.". This story portrays JFK in a positive tone because it shows him getting something done as soon as he was in office, not something most presidents do. It also shows that he had no racial bias, and wanted the best for all Americans. Craft also employs an informal tone throughout the essay. He does this by using quotes from people close to JFK, like his family. Through using stories and anecdotes from JFK's family, the essay begins to make the reader feel as if they knew JFK personally, or were apart of the family. At one point, Joan Kennedy mentions when she went into the coal mines with JFK to campaign, " 'You could be in a coal mine and two months later be inaugurated president' ". This anecdote creates a positive and informal tone because it shows how JFK tried to relate to the American people, even going
It was on January 20th 1961 that John F Kennedy gave his inaugural address after winning the presidential race and beating future president Richard Nixon. President, John F Kennedy in his speech, The Inaugural Address, he describes his plans for growth in America. Kennedy’s purpose is unite the people of the U.S. and bring everyone together for the good cause of promoting growth in the country. He creates a very inspirational tone in order to establish a connection with the U.S. people. In his speech Kennedy really used several rhetorical strategies of persuasion to motivate and persuade the U.S. people that they made the right choice in choosing him.
The inaugural speech was structured so that it flowed. There is a lot of comparison and contrast in the first paragraph of the speech. For example “We observe today not a victory of a party but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end as well as a beginning—signifying a renewal as well as change.”(Kennedy, 1961) There is also some cause and effect in the paper. I think that this is to be expected because of all the discussions on war. He made it sound like because it was our moral responisibility we should go to war. These are the only two main structures that are used through the entire speech but they are used so well that it is not lacking substance with the lacking of structures.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered one of the most important American speeches after being sworn in as president on January 20, 1961. His inauguration speech was so influential that it seized the nation’s attention, and quotes from it are still clearly remembered by people today. It is considered one of the best speeches ever written and ever delivered. It presents a strong appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos and accomplishes what any speaker strives for – it speaks straight to the heart of the audience and inspires people.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy presents a very authoritative and persuasive inaugural address with a surplus of rhetoric. His speech is full of rhetoric in order to manipulate or sway his audience to his new policies. Kennedy’s objective is to unite the country and he does this through fear, duty, and pride. In order to create unity, Kennedy appeals to fear by revealing one common enemy: nuclear warfare. Nuclear warfare could mean the destruction of many countries, which Kennedy effectively presents to America and the world. Kennedy’s earnest tone push the people to invest in his purpose to provide freedom and peace around the world. He stirs at their emotions by effectively using imagery, which helps create pictures of mass destruction. In
Kennedy used rhetorical devices including logos, ethos and pathos to show America that he was best for the job, as well as bring much needed hope to the people of the United States as well as the
The president’s inaugural address allows the president to lay out his plans and intentions to excite and motivate people across the country. Since the main reason for his sermon is to inspire rather than educate, Kennedy rarely uses any logical pleads. Yet, Kennedy adequately uses passionate dialect to make the people sense their involvement in what the President says. Kennedy composes the assignment to bring back tranquility and good-wealth as not only his aim, but of the public as well.
Despite her state of shock and despair, Jackie was able to orchestrate the famous line that would forever adorn the image that the Kennedy administration had upheld during their time in office. The administration’s comparison to Camelot became a long-standing idea that is forever engraved in the minds of the American people. With just a few lines, Jackie confirmed that her family’s legacy would forever be preserved and remembered as something extraordinary, no matter how many tragedies they
With the tone of inspiration, hortatory, and powerful, an inaugural speech by President Kennedy clearly defines the ceremonial purpose based on the first aspect of social cohesion in freedom and liberty. At the very beginning, by using a youthful diction, President Kennedy shows his great achievement in winning the presidential election. Even at his young age, Kennedy still performs at the same level as the past presidents. He proves to his audience by saying that, “For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago” (“President Kennedy”). Hard work, loyalty, labor, and meticulousness will definitely bring many positive effects to the country.
It was because of his hard work, dedication, charisma, respect, and understanding that made him such a great and influential icon. Through his military service, congressional career, and presidential career, JFK was able to motivate and influence people through a period of drastic change and to an extent hardship. His accomplishments and leadership traits will be forever considered and modeled for as long as humanity exists. In this paper I will discuss some of his most outstanding accomplishments I find to give his leadership career the most justice and praise. One could argue that compiling and discussing the very long list of accomplishments executed by JFK could take days.
McCormack achieved his objective of pronouncing that Kennedy was a great President and will be missed. McCormack’s introduction established why the audience should listen to him with his topic at that time about the grief and tragedy of losing a loved one. It also clearly established the intent of the presentation, which was that they were there to mourn the loss of a great man and president. The introduction
This speech had a lot of positive sides to it, but one of the most important things was that it gave him a good look from the outside. The inaugural address was written to let the citizens of America know that they could change this country for the better. It assured all voters that they voted for a good cause and that their choice would not end badly. We need to repeat this so much that when we hear it again, we have it memorized and we have no doubt about it.
Kennedy’s composition has been reviewed by several, but the critics have the same thing to say. The arguments that JFK made in the years before his death can be applied today as it was
On January 20th, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy gave a speech to the nation, which encompassed a new vision for the country with a new generation. That speech was JFK’s Inaugural Address. As the new 35th president, JFK was the youngest president to enter the oval office at the age of forty-three ("Inaugural Address."). The nation was still in in the process of healing after World War II. In the eyes of the masses, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a breath of fresh air for the American People. He was a youthful president, with his youthful image; he was able to rally the younger generations with a progressive vision. This speech was a message to the nation in which JFK outlines a new direction for The United States by securing it’s freedom, being a competitive nation in all aspects, and rallying the citizens behind the government.
The introduction of President Kennedy speech is powerful. His first sentence in this speech is shows Kennedy strength and that he is ready to lead. “ we observe today not a victory of a party but a celebration of freedom- symbolizing and end as well as beginning – signifying renewal as well as change. ”(Kennedy) These three consecutive contrast just capture my interest.
...very once in a while to maintain the formality of the speech and to convey imperative messages to his audience. Interchanging between the short sentences and the lengthy sentences grabs the audience’s full attention, permitting Kennedy to most persuade them that he qualifies for his position as U.S. President.