The nation's economy and the stability of the nation is all depending on the firefight of the soldiers in the field today. Without the support of a whole nation, troops would be meaningless. As a supporting group, we must give them the utmost support and compassion, to wish they come back and reunite with family. In America, on Veterans Day it is a tradition to have parades, and little American flags to show our support. Some ways that we as a nation can support is by doing
Lincoln gives a speech to his soldiers before the battle. He gives this speech to ensure the soldiers because he was determined that the soldiers wouldn't die in vain and he shows a lot of respect towards the soldiers. Abraham Lincoln's speech had a purpose to it. "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live." Abraham Lincoln gives this speech to ensure the soldiers.
The Civil War nearly ripped apart our nation and many lives were lost in the process. Lincoln states that Gettysburg will be a final resting place for all the soldiers who have died on this ground. He says that we cannot dedicate nor consecrate the ground because the soldiers who lie there hold a power far beyond what we can add or detract. This sentence really shows the importance of this battle and how these men should be honored and buried here as a final resting place. Lincoln then shortly after says that we still have a great task ahead of us even though the Civil War is now over.
President Lincoln made it clear that it was for both sides, not just one or the other, because even though they were divided, they were fighting for the same country. This action, dedicating the cemetery to gain some remembrance for the soldiers, was a main goal of the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln hoped to restore the pride these
Four score and one hundred and fifty years ago, America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, presented one of the most iconic and reputable speeches of all time, the “Gettysburg Address.” Lincoln provided his people this speech with the intent of re-instilling values of equality while honoring the dead and unifying the country. With the use of sections that represented the past, present and future, persuasive language, and rhetorical devices, Lincoln convinced his people that, those lives lost in battle were not in vain, but sacrificed in order to preserve those ideas of equality our country was founded on, which were first presented in the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln commences his speech, representing the past. He states, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” creates a stepping stone for the remainder of the speech. This section speaks solely regarding the past, and the equality of our nation.
It is the last part that draws our attention. Lincoln was totally committed to the idea of a government based on the freedom of the individual. The creation of the United States not only guaranteed freedom to all its citizens, and to the rest of the world. Here was a place where men could be free. After surveying the battlefield, he realized that “the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,” (Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863) had already, by their bravery, consecrated the
By linking the aspects to the history of our founding fathers the speech was structured and strong. President Obama uses the theme of history and the method of pathos to create patriotism in his speech. President Obama creates a patriotic tone in the speech by mentioning all the “ups and downs” our country faced such as when he says “Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.” Leaving the audience with a sense of pride because this
Once the Civil War was over, Lincoln says that now that everyone is at ease, they should start behaving gently with each other. In his speech, he used a lot of rhetorical devices that helped make his thoughts about the war and the country’s future more clear. Although, Lincoln’s speech was the second shortest inaugural address in American history, it is considered one of the most memorable and ubiquitous based on its content and rhetorical devices. To begin with, one of the rhetorical devices that Lincoln used in his second inaugural speech were allusions. Most of the plethora of allusions he used were of divine providence and the Bible.
The Civil War was ravaging the country, and hundreds of thousands were already dead. Lincoln’s speech addressed the nation at a critical time, and was exactly what the people needed to hear. Lincoln comforts and inspires the people with his last line, “[L]et us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne this battle, and for his widow, and his orphan…” This statement of determination gives the people hope for a brighter future, and faith in the man who will bring it to them. The Second Inaugural is chock-full of exemplary rhetorical strategies that greatly add to the effectiveness of the speech. Lincoln persuades and assures the people that the Confederates are malicious rebels, bent on, “making war,” and, “destroying the nation.” He does this by referring to the Confederates only as “insurgents,” and giving them an aura of wickedness by saying, “Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” This cunning use of diction and antithesis, using “make war” in reference to the Confederates and “accept war” in relation to the Union, puts all the blame of the war on the Confederates.
Napoleon was successful for a variety of reasons until 1806. Motivation, Toulon, tactics, subordinates, ambition, meritocracy, Code Napoleon, Austerlitz and the enemy making mistakes were all very influential in his success. Motivation was a significant reason for Napoleon’s success as having a motivated army that fought hard for their leader was very useful in battle. He took time to speak to his soldiers asking them how their families were, he gave them medals if they deserved it, by doing this he gave them motivation and it also meant that others around them wanted to do better to receive praise themselves from Napoleon. He also gave speeches to the army to motivate them, which also developed the feeling of comradery within the ranks.