Rhetorical Analysis Of Jfk Inaugural Address

The President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy, in his speech, “JFK’s First Inaugural address” describe ways he can better America. Mr. Kennedy’s purpose is to persuade the people of America and the people of the world that he is a great president. He adapts a patriotic and inspirational tone in order to capture the attention of thousands of people across the world.
Mr. Kennedy began his speech by making it almost crystal clear that world peace is the only way to unite not only America but unite everyone near and far. He describes in fine detail that peace is either my way or the highway by using one simple rhetorical strategy, alliteration. He mentions the following words in his speech, “A grand and global alliance” and when using those words, it most likely means that the goal is to unite as one. In order to unite countries with one another, they will need a terrific leader and that was what Kennedy was offering. In this piece of writing, he uses not a “I’m sorry” type of tone he uses a “I’m a leader, so you’ve got to listen to me or else…” type of tone. And that is what they need because

Having freedom not only unites one another but it gives the ability to share one’s thoughts with someone else. In his speech he reports how freedom can be a very important thing, “We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change.” Freedom is defined this way because no one literally no one can take your freedom in today’s society (maybe back then would be a little easier) but today it is very difficult to take someone else’s freedom without getting a consequence. While saying, not spraying, this piece of literature, he uses a tone of a leader that will never go down without a fight. And that kind of tone is the best tone to have because it might be tough enough to scare the opponent