How To Write A Rhetorical Analysis Of Churchill's Speech

This speech was structured in chronological order as Churchill covers topics ranging from what happened before the war and what the world was faced with at the present time. This speech marked the beginning of the cold war. According to Robert James, “Russian historians date the beginning of the cold war from this speech.” (James, 1974, p. 7285) Churchill began by recognizing the institution he was speaking at and also thanks President Truman for his time and also to address the nation, as it was his own. Churchill goes on by saying he is not representing the British government and he is only speaking for himself. Which is kind of surprising because he was the British Minister of Defense through the war and pretty much the face of Britain

He starts by acknowledging the mutual war relationship between the British and the Soviets, by stating he has high regards for Stalin and welcomes the Soviet Union’s position as a leading nation. Churchill then introduces the situation at hand using a metaphor of an “iron curtain” to explain the division of the Soviet influenced States of Eastern Europe and the self-governed free states of Western Europe. He uses this to show the intentions of democracy versus communism. Then Churchill uses repletion of the word “twice” to show how many times the United States has tried to help other nations in war overseas, and to show that war can find any nation with the threat of communism. Churchill then repulses the idea that a new war is inevitable, because he believes the Soviets do not desire war but what comes with it such as the expansion of power. He goes by saying that if we the free nations would of just paid more attention then the World War 1 could of just been avoided without the firing of a single shot. This must not happen again because the world could not bear the horrible losses of another world war. Churchill then concludes the speech with an inspiring message of a call to cooperation between the United Nations and Russia as well as a partnership without seeking to have a hold of any nation’s power or