Sophie Conen Mr. McCallister AP Language and Composition 10 April 2024 A Rock, A River, A Tree A presidential inaugural address symbolizes a new beginning and celebrates a new leader for a nation. At the 52nd United States Presidential Inauguration, Bill Clinton called on American Poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou, to give the speech “On The Pulse Of The Morning”. The people of 1992, who voted for Bill Clinton, were looking for someone who could make a difference in society, but that does not mean that the United States should change completely. There are rooted traditions within the US that can not just be forgotten about. Bill Clinton offered a change by unifying the nation and giving more opportunities to citizens. When Clinton …show more content…
By giving an object that is not human, characteristics that describe a human, the readers or audience can connect with the speech or writing more. The rock is displayed with human-like characteristics when she says, “But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully,/Come, you may stand upon me/Back and face your distant destiny,” (Lines 9-11). A rock is a piece of nature, which is very strong, therefore it relates to how humans rely on America to provide for them, which in some cases is not always possible. As she speaks to the US on the inauguration day for Bill Clinton, she is poetically relaying the messages and values of Bill Clinton to unify the nation. By using a poem rather than a normal speech, it provides a more simple, yet flexible effect on the listeners. The second object, a river, is something that is constantly changing as it flows. One day it could be dried up, the next it could be overflowing, or very low on water. The constant change of the river is in reference to the US as our country isn’t the same thing day after …show more content…
The idea of her saying each of you a bordered country can resemble peace within the US. Many countries throughout the world work hard to have peace and to not have threatening nations surrounding their borders. She uses this sentence to relate to Bill Clinton wanting to preserve peace for the US. Within Bill Clinton’s inaugural address he expressed themes of “unification, inclusivity, and opportunity” and Angelou, “reflected fellow Southern roots and African American voting support for Bill Clinton, his affinity for jazz and blues, and his desire to project through her poem and his own inaugural address” (Holmes). Since Angelou is a poet, she is able to use her terminology to allow the people of the United States to listen to her speech, and understand the message she is trying to put across. The final object that Angelou addresses the nation with is a tree. A tree is an object that can be interpreted in various ways. A tree symbolizes how things are connected, and the value of
McCain starts off his speech by using self-disclosure and describing his time as a young man as a navy liaison, and eventually senator, on the senate and working alongside former vice president Joe Biden. “Joe was already a senator, and I was the navy’s liaison to the Senate. My duties included escorting Senate delegations on overseas trips, and in that capacity, I supervised the disposition of the delegation’s luggage, which could require – now and again – when no one of lower rank was available for the job – that I carry someone worthy’s bag” (McCain 2017). Self-Disclosure is the the speaker telling the audience of their personal experiences and tells the audience why they have the personal convictions that they have. (Hamilton 2017)
Politics is dirty and competitive and has not changed between 1879 and 2018. It is a complex system of jargon, charm, facts, and lies. Mark Twain’s “The Presidential Candidate” satirically expresses the essence of both old-world and modern politics as a presidential candidate who blatantly tells the truth of his wrongdoings. As a politician, one must be an open book. Their life must be truthfully written on the pages for the readers to analyze and evaluate their credibility as leaders. “The Presidential Candidate” resonates both in 1879 and 2018 with his use of humor, use of diction and use of subtlety.
This part of stanza sixth explains the effects of cultural diversity about everybody who is from different countries should come to peace and should be called to the riverside, if only they don’t study war no more and not destroy each other. It is important that they represent our country with peace and not war. Maya also states in the seventh stanza of her poem; “There is a true yearning to respond to The singing River and the wise Rock. So say
Though Kennedy and Clinton addressed their audiences nearly thirty-two years apart, each rhetor faced a common rhetorical barrier – an American populace too heavily focused on the personalities within each respective presidential election rather than the true issues confronting the United States. To overcome that barrier, both Kennedy and Clinton utilize definitional strategies – in the form of association – as well as language strategies –specifically, historical allusions. Whether or not the speeches directly correlate with both candidates winning their presidential elections does not concern the examination; this paper observes how exactly the rhetorical devices used served to dissolve the barriers between the rhetor and the intended audience.
Everyone knows what he did with Monica Lewinsky. They watched him shake his finger and lie to their face on national television. They heard his promise to be forthcoming with the truth, and head about how he patiently hair-split his way through four hours of grand jury testimony. Why is he still here?
Every 20th of January, the United States undergoes the passing of power from one president, to another. On this specific election, Donald J. Trump was elected as president. He has received much criticism from opposition, but much praise from his supporters. Although a very controversial person, Trump gave a great speech that was based on uniting the people as one. Trump used multiple rhetorical strategies such as repetition, pauses in speech, and listing are just a few of them. Adding hints of populism, his speech was one that touched many citizens. While very controversial, Trump’s inauguration speech was one that was based on the people, not the elite, about bringing back what made America great, and uniting everyone as one.
On September 5, 1995 Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech to the United Nations 4th World Conference during a Women Plenary Session, located in Beijing, China. Clinton spoke about how women around the world were not treated equally, how women rights should be equal to human rights, and the ghastly abuse and discrimination women faced around the world. The reason for the conference was to strengthen women, families, and societies in order to empower women to taking control of their lives and not be subject to such discrimination. She emphasized how education, health care, jobs, and political rights were not equal between genders and that the world needed to change. Clinton gave a very convincing speech because of her use of rhetorical techniques. The use of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora created a powerful, persuasive argument against the way women were treated around the world. Clintons main goal of this speech was to appeal to the audience and convince them that this is unequal treatment is an immense matter and needs to be addressed all over the world.
Many people believed Senator Obama won the presidential nomination because he gives a speech that changed the political, religion issues about the race. President Barack Obama is the 44th president and the first African American to serve as U.S president. He was elected second terms over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. On March 18, 2008, president Obama gave a famous speech about the political, religion issues of race in the United States speaking at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. This speech brings more hopes to the black people, and opposed to former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s view. The speech encourages the black people to fight for their freedom, to overcome the difficulties to create more strong union
President Obama’s Inaugural Speech: Rhetorical Analysis. Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech successfully accomplished his goal by using rhetoric to ensure our nation that we will be in safe hands. The speech is similar to ideas obtained from the founding documents and Martin Luther King’s speech to establish ‘our’ goal to get together and take some action on the problems our country is now facing. As President Barack Obama starts his speech, he keeps himself from using ‘me’, ‘myself’, and ‘I’ and replacing it with ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘together’ to achieve his ethos.
Hillary R. Clinton once said that “There cannot be true democracy unless Women’s voices are heard” (conference in Vienna, Austria 1997). That very brilliant quote relates to a very strong woman by the name of Maya Angelou. Angelou is “America’s most visible black female autobiographer and speakers” (scholar Joanne M. Braxton). She is known for her speeches, poems, and books, but what stood out to me the most was her 1993 inauguration speech when Bill Clinton was sworn into the White House. Ironically, in her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” Maya Angelou uses clear rhetoric, prehistoric metaphoric images, and inspirational concepts to alert her audience to treat the world differently.
Rhetorical Analysis Presidential Debate Clinton and Trump The presidential debate was an event where most of the population not only of United Stated of America but the whole world was waiting anxiously for. The first of the three presidential debates was developed in Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. The first debate drew a record of the audience being one of the most watched debated in the history of United States of America.
President Obama’s Address to the nation was presented on January 5, 2016. His speech was shown on all of the major network stations. The main goal of his speech was to get the point across to the nation about the increasing problem of gun use. His speech really focused on the issue of gun control and if it would benefit the country. Overall, the biggest idea of his Address was that gun control is a large issue in the United States. The way to prevent deaths caused by firearms can be prevented in other ways than taking peoples guns away. The examples brought up in this Address really stood out to me. The use of personal, national, and global examples really made his speech stronger on the topic of effectiveness.
“Dr. Angelou experienced the brutality of racial discrimination, but she also absorbed the unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family, community, and culture”(www.mayaangelou.com, 2014).
Some like it hot is a film which set in 1929 and released in 1959, two different time periods and both periods are responding to each other. “The movies ranged from crime thrillers to “message movies” which focused on societal issues” (Lindop 100) Thus, the movies in the 1950s shows plenty of social taboos. Some Like It Hot is one of the films which mentioned sexual innuendos and homosexuality, the serious social taboos in many years. For example, Joe and Jerry pretend as girls and Osgood fall in love with Daphne.
The past President of the united States, Barack Obama, during his Inaugural speech, he talks about how our economy is broken and how he plans to fix it. Obama’s purpose for this speech is to address the nation and announces the plans that he’s making for to have a stronger and more prosperous nation. He does this by utilizing details repetition, and image to show the people. He adopts a confident and very much humble and grateful tone to engage the nation incoming with him to make our country and better place to live in using metaphors, alliteration, and reiternation. Obama uses metaphors to details the situation that america is in right now for example,”make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow to nourish stoned bodies and feed hungry