Rhetorical Analysis Of John F. Kennedy's Aprial 11

Timed Writing During the price increase of industrial steels in the early 1960’s, president John F Kennedy delivered a very powerful and effective speech to the steel executives. John F Kennedy announced his speech on April 11, 1962 at a news conference during a period of “ economic distress.” He utilizes many different rhetorical strategies to get his point across about how manufacturing steel companies should lower their prices. Throughout his speech, Kennedy develops a very critical and accusatory tone to blame the steel industry executives for this time of despair.

Due to the economic stress and tension of the time, the American people couldn't hand the steel increase. Kennedy was able to have great success by letting the steel companies his disappointment in them. And the immense effect they have played on the economic structure of the country. President Kennedy proves these points through rhetorical strategies.

The series of essays in the novel “Profiles in Courage” by John F. Kennedy all demonstrate the single, truly rare character trait of courage through the actions of senators. The story of Edmund G. Ross undoubtedly portrays courage by his collected and determined demeanor in voting to avoid national corruption through a single phrase. Kennedy, through writing, is able to tell the brave story of Ross in the role of the shy, weak, underdog senator who makes a single decision that would destroy his political life, but save America from corruption. In “Profiles in Courage”, John F. Kennedy successfully uses his structures of his ideas and his detail placement of descriptive phrases, and words which set the tone and rhetorical devices that persuades the

Robert F. Kennedy knew that he would be talking to a crowd of women and men who were African American. For him to relate to them he told the story about how his brother John F. Kennedy was assassinated also by a Caucasian man. He understood the pain and hate that they were going through. Since, Robert F. Kennedy had credibility and goodwill he had the attention of the audience and his main goal was to withstand that. The age group of the men and women who attended the speech probably ranged from late 20s to late 50s, so he had to make sure that his speech would include everybody.

President Kennedy begins his speech by emphasizing how the steel industries affect the lives of American citizens. He appeals to the audience by including sentences such as "...when we are confronted with grave crisis in Berlin and Southeast Asia, when we are devoting our energies to economic recovery and stability, when we are asking Reservist to leave their homes and families for months on end, and servicemen to risk their lives- and four were killed in

The speech that President John F. Kennedy delivered on April 11, 1962 had a purpose of addressing the steel companies’ decision to raise their prices. At the given time in history, the United States was dealing with foreign affairs on Berlin and Vietnam that took had an immense economic toll on the country. During this time, the president requested that businesses kept their prices and wages stable in order to prevent a rise in the nation’s expenses. The steel companies were seen as highly inconsiderate and the president didn’t believe their actions to be justifiable.

Injustice and Racism against Fellow Americans (African Americans), John Kennedy wrote this speech off of the fact that two African American kids had to be taken to school by Guards in order to not be harassed by people who do not welcome them. The speech was in response to the U.S. National Guard being sent to protect two African American students Vivian Malone and James Hood enrolling at the University of Alabama. Kennedy uses Parallelism , innuendo, pathos, and logos to effectively convince his fellow citizens that discrimination against people just because of their race is immoral. In the opening of his speech Kennedy uses Pathos and logos to persuade Americans that the fact that these two students had to be taken to school with guards

Complication arise for all of us and all of us make mistakes that we later regret. Edward Kennedy made some wrong choices after the Chappaquiddick complication. Edward later tried to clear up the incident and tell his side of the story by delivering the Chappaquiddick speech on national television. The speech was given at his home just hours after taking a guilty plea. When we make mistakes it can be very difficult to clear the air but it is possible using the right approach.

On April 10, 1962, steel companies raised the prices by 3.5 percent of their products. President John F. Kennedy had tried to maintain steel prices at a stable rate. President John F. Kennedy, known for his diligence and persuasion, held a news conference about the hikes in steel prices. President John F. Kennedy, in his speech, uses rhetorical strategies such as diction, emotional appeals, and a persuasive tone to convince Americans that steel companies are declining the standards to maintain stable prices. Kennedy states that the steel companies are a national problem due to the increase of steel prices.

As America entered and went through dark economic tensions, President Kennedy strived for stable prices and wages. After the largest steel companies raised steel prices by 3.5 percent, Kennedy gave a speech in response. In the speech, Kennedy calls out the steel companies for actions that were “wholly unjustifiable” and “irresponsibly defiant” to the American people. He appeals to the audience’s emotion, uses repetition, and applies logic to achieve his goal in persuading the companies to lower steel prices.

J.F Kennedy, the president of United States wanted to put the first Americans to the moon-America exploring the moon, so he directed his speech to the people of taxes and Rice University to promote his space exploration program that will help America to be the first country to explore the moon. He believes that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. Throughout J.F Kennedy's speech, the speaker makes effective use of evidence, reasoning, rhetorical elements, and rhetorical devices that together form his argument to gain people support for his space exploration program. J.F Kennedy was trying to prove his point of view by giving examples and using a lot of Rhetorical devices and appeals that would grab the reader's attention

Robert Kennedy’s speech was given during a campaign rally in 1968, he broke the news to a crowd of supporters that MLK had been killed. This speech was analyzed through a PDF copy of the text. The purpose of RFK’s speech is to inform the audience of MLK’s death, create a sense of comfort and calmness. RFK includes a quote from the poet Aeschylus

However, in parts of his speech Kennedy talks about how certain groups in the nation are working to help the people of America. For example in line 92 Kennedy talks about the Department of Defense. He talks about what they’re doing to figure out why the prices of steel are rising so quickly and what needs to be done to protect the public interest. By using positive and negative words Kennedy is able to make his opinion clear. The audience is able to see Kennedy’s negative opinion on the rising steel prices and his positive opinion on what different organizations are doing to help with the current steel crisis.

Oziel Rios S. Nambiar English 1302. SP3 12 February 2018 Kennedy Inaugural Address Rhetorical Analysis On Friday, January of 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered a speech to the citizens of the United States of America and the world. Kennedy made a speech that he knew would be remembered for many years to come even after his presidential term.

On April 4, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was in Indianapolis for a campaign stop, when he received news that Martin Luther King was killed, causing Kennedy to write and deliver a speech regarding the assassination. This speech was succinct but not only was it about the assassination, it was also to tell the people there is still wisdom and hope in this time of turmoil. To reach this purpose, he first builds up his ethos, uses pathos to add mood and hope, and unifies the people. The combination of these elements makes it a very powerful and memorable speech. Robert F. Kennedy builds his credibility by relating his personal experience and knowledge of what the audience is feeling to the current events.