A Rhetorical Analysis Of Churchill's Iron Curtain

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The speech was made by Winston in March 1946 at Fulton, Missouri. Iron Curtain is used metaphorically in two different ways. Firstly it would mean the end of a period and secondly to say a closed geographical border.
After the end of World War 2 in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991, the Iron Curtain formed a boundary that divided Europe into two areas. Iron Curtain symbolized efforts of the Soviet Union to keep itself away and the satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet controlled areas. The Iron Curtain took border defenses between countries of Europe in the middle of the continent. Some of the common borders were marked by the Berlin Wall, and it is Checkpoint Charlie which served as a symbol for the Curtain. …show more content…

His speech brought about the thought that the Soviet Union is trying to establish communism in the Eastern European government and around the world. In the speech he seems to present a solution that he thinks will be best to combat the threat of war relying on the United Nations and how efficient he sees the United Nations. Churchill builds a new hope to the process and makes it clear that the New World Organization will be based upon a solid foundation, and it will not be a disappointment. In the speech, he aims at building the credibility of the United Nations. He called out for the people to be equipped with an international armed force rather than appeasements which will result in the building up of the military by the German and Italian fascists. Churchill explained the benefits of freedom and stated that those who enjoy freedom should fight for it and stand up for it and also for the rights of a man. He explains the difficulties experienced after a war like collapsing of the economy and so in a case of another war it would be difficult for the people and the

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