Analysis Of Jfk Inaugural Speech

Have you ever heard someone say, “Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country”? This famous quote was given by the newly elected President of the United States on January 20th in 1961. In this speech Kennedy gave the speech during a significant historical period, which assists him in using all three parts of the modes of persuasion-- the logical appeal, the ethical appeal, and the emotional appeal.

John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address speech was given during the middle of the Cold War. The Cold War left the civilians in fear for a nuclear war with the USSR. All the people wanted was a president to provide them security. The previous president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, influenced their fear by approving an assault

During the elections, they chose who they thought would provide that security- John F. Kennedy. Meanwhile, the Space Race is striving for getting a human into space. The USSR has already gotten the first artificial satellite although it didn’t last, a dog, and a permanent artificial satellite. America, however, is behind in the “race.” The American space program has only a satellite into space, and hasn’t managed a living being. America also managed to get two new states, Alaska and Hawaii, a few years prior to the election of John F. Kennedy. Unbeknown to them, the USSR was experiencing problems with keeping the educated in East Berlin, and were formulating a plan to keep them in East Berlin. The Logical appeal of John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address is substantial. In multiple points of the speech he uses comparisons to say five main commodities: to unite the country after the split of parties from election, his generation isn’t that of World WarⅡ, to call the Americans ready for war, forced the other countries to choose an ally, and individually address the USSR to make them aware of the potential problems that will arise. At the very beginning of the speech Kennedy states “...we observe today not as

He shares his beliefs and then later backs them up with logic and strove for safety from war, poverty, and communism. He starts off with his ethical appeal with, “To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do-- for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder,” which s Kennedy sharing his belief that as a united country, they can defeat any adversary that comes their way, but being split, they are limited to only being tyrannical country that can’t face the strong, so they turn to the weak to conquer. He also welcomes the news states and informs them of the American legacy of military, politics, and freedom-- to fill them in to their obligations, laws, and liberties, “To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their new freedom-- and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power b the back of the tiger ended up inside.” John used the “to those” phrases as forms of alliteration. Another form of alliteration was “Let both