Also, by stating the asyndeton, “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty,” he all but defines Americas wish for liberty. By stating these words, he inspires his listeners to join in America’s determination in helping humankind achieve unity and liberty. Kennedy then shifts to insisting that powerful nations should join forces for the bettering of the world. He supports this by using parallelism in the words, “Let both sides explore what problems unite us…”, “Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms…”, “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.”, “Let both sides join in a new endeavor – not a new balance of power, but
He believes and he wants all the people to believe that America will finally take the role of leading the world into a bright future, with the help of its incomparable democratic tradition, its progresses in science and technology and military affairs and its people’s hard efforts. In order to perfectly address his ideas, he makes use of many rhetorical devices. Being faced with the terrible Financial Crisis, the loss of Public confidence, Obama makes his address a horn to inspire Public confidence, a warranty to get democracy power, and a banner to recall America dream. He tries to make his people believe that America and American spirit would conquer the serious economic situation, and change it into a more prosperous country. Both of them are addressing their speech when America is in tough situation.
Fair Weather Patriot Knowing the fight for independence was going to take all thirteen colonies, Thomas Paine understood that unity was essential. To gain that support, Paine wrote “The Crisis” in an everyday, familiar manner to inspire the common man to action. His quest was to enlighten and motivate a nation to defend a cause. Paine’s words are still relevant today and can be used to inspire America to come together regarding our major issues such as terrorism and economic distress. America’s oppressed can still be stirred to action with the words: “These are the times that try men’s souls” (Paine 637).
To me that define a great leader, an individual who puts his personal concerns aside to focus on the needs of others to help mankind grow for the greater good. I will briefly describe MLK brief bio of his life, leadership style, and leadership characteristics. MLK’s “I Have a Dream” is by far his famous speech, has inspired and touch the hearts of countless of people, not only in America but throughout the world. It shows that with dedication, hard work, courage, determination, and numerous of other great qualities, you can make anything happen. MLK was born Michael Luther King, Jr. but later changed his name to Martin.
Martin Luther Kings’ speech emphasized, “Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy.” (King) Martin Luther King, Jr. used the Declaration of Independence to instill the confidence he had in furthering his cause. He quoted, “rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” (King) Martin Luther King has supported his facts in the speech he gave that the American Government has neglected its’ obligation to the people by matter of color. Martin Luther King reiterates his original focus on “When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” (King) “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” (King) This remark informing the citizens that they all had been lied to giving King the ability to persuade to his audience the injustices that had been bestowed on the Negros. King invoked his emphasis on the human emotion to ensure that the public would change ones views upon Negros. He hopes the American people would understand the injustice of racism and take a stand for equality wishing for a new and better world for the future to come.
"I have a dream that one day the nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed… that all men are created equal." For the next few lines of his speech he repeated these words, "I have a dream," which helped arouse emotion in his audience and give them hope. This hope was that they would one day be treated as equals and walk side by side with the all other races. King uses his the phrase "I have a dream today," twice as its own paragraph. This statement was probably spoken with great emphasis since it gave the listeners the desire to change "today" instead of continuing to be discriminated against.
The Pledge qualifies as an artifact because it is persuading us to use the words in our classrooms everyday as an oral tribute to the United States. The original pledge was “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. It was written for recitation at flag raising ceremonies as a salute to the flag. The effectiveness it has is having individuals believe that there is power in the symbol of the flag. There is protection and peace of mind in being a unit and having unity and the flag represents this harmony.
America is portrayed as a land with a bright future that needs the people suffering from the injustices to fight for what they deserve. It is up to those who are underprivileged to stand up and fight for their rights. Those who are living the American dream are not going to willingly give up their own freedom and rights to give it to other groups, who they see as undeserving. Contrary to their belief, all Americans are worthy of the American dream under the United States Constitution. It states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Wright, who, being close to him, threatened Obama’s pursuit of the presidency. Focusing on the point to form a more perfect union in his campaign, Obama confronts the sustaining racial issue. He demonstrates his capability to be the president of America by using effective and persuasive rhetorical devices throughout the speech. The multiple tones Obama uses show his perspectives toward the racial issue and arouse the audience’s acknowledgement of the exigency and necessity of the issue. Directly revealing the main purpose of his speech in the opening sentence: “‘We the people, in order to form a perfect union [,]’” (Obama 647), Obama says straightforwardly to the audience the obligation to build this nation belongs not only to himself or the people owning more power, but also to the rest of American citizens, all the people who concern about their country.
"Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood" (King). This quote, from Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous I Have a Dream speech, is about working towards racial equality so that the people can live together in peace and unity. Mohandas Gandhi worked towards India’s independence from Britain’s rule, while Martin Luther King Jr. worked to end segregation. While the two functioned towards two different goals, their tactics were both inspired by Henry David Thoreau. “On Civil Disobedience” by Mohandas Gandhi, an excerpt from “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr., and an excerpt from “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau, all show how all three of them have similar views towards civil disobedience.