Analysis Of Jimmy Carter Speech

Sam Stephenson
Mrs. Pitchford
14 March 2017
Jimmy Carter’s speech
Protecting the wild life and natural environment has been a major issue for many years. Laws and restrictions put in place by politicians have played a major role in protecting the environment from oil drilling and big companies from destroying the environment. Jimmy Carter shows great example of persuading the people to not just sit back and watch the environment be destroyed, but to take action and help protect the environment.
Jimmy Carter uses many methods of persuading the audience, he supports his own idea by sharing a story that related to the subject. He shares a story about a trip that took with his wife to the Arctic Refuge to show that he understand the issue. He pulls on the readers emotions by telling them on how “unforgettable” and “humbling” it was to see the newborn caribou calves being born. Cater using this experience to help motivate the reader to see and also appreciate the beauty that this area has and to show why it is so important to preserve it.

Cater describe many strong points about what he feared could happen, Cater puts a mental image into the readers mind of this beautiful land being destroyed by pipelines, drilling rigs, and industrial facilities.

He then shows his interest and passion on preserving the environment by signing the Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act. He then goes on to explain what the document does. Cater explains that the documents protects over “100 million acres of national parks, refuge, and forest in Alaska.”Creating “the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that is double the size of the former range, also restricted development in areas that clearly incompatible with oil exploration.” This gives the reader more of an understanding of the act that shows the reader how he is dealing with the

issue.
Finally, Cater talked about how the Arctic Refuge could possible only provide 1 to 2 percent of the oils consumed by our country every day. He then suggests that we can conserve more oil by driving cars that use less fuel. Jimmy Carter makes the reader think about how we can be careful on how we use our resources “instead of tearing open the heart of our greatest refuge.” Jimmy Carter gives the reader the issue that we are faced with and then offers a simple, but also practical, solution to the issue.
In conclusion, Jimmy carter did a great job of not just bringing attention to but also working on solving the issue. Cater use very good examples of persuasive speech by bringing his personal life experiences and showing the beauty of the environment. Cater make the reader feel like every single person can make a very big impact in saving natures treasures, so that the next generation can enjoy it’s beauty to.