Both Roosevelt “Four Freedoms” speech and kennedy's “Inaugural Address” talk about freedom but however Roosevelt’s speech says that he’s trying to help out our allies Where as kennedy's speech he says that he wants both sides to come together and have peace. How ever they both had a different perspective on freedom. So this essay is gonna be about what they meant
by freedom and what was going on in the time period.
First im gonna talk about the “four freedoms” speech by Roosevelt and what was going on during this time. Well at the time world war 2 was going on but the united states wasn’t involved yet. So a world war was going on while he wrote his speech. Now the purpose of this speech was to try to have peace. He also was trying to have peace with our allies. He also wanted to protect the country. “Armed defense of democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents” (Roosevelt 15). This quote says that he is trying to
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help our allies. Now for kennedy's “Inaugural address”.
Nothing big really happened during the time he was giving his speech. But later in the year not long after the bay of pigs happened. But the purpose of the speech is to show that he also wants to have peace and not war and wants everyone to have freedom. "My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of man” (Kennedy 28) in this quote he says that he wants the american people to help america to ensure freedom.
Now for the meaning of freedom of Roosevelt's speech. There are four different types of freedom that he mentions. The different types of freedom are freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom of want, and freedom of fear. This means that he wants to people to be able to express themselves. The second meain is for religion so people can have their own religion. The third is for everyone to have wealth and a peaceful life. The final meaning is that no one should have to fear anything from
anybody. Now for the meaning of kennedy's speech. He wants everyone to come together and have peace.He also doesn't want to have fighting and wars. Then he also wants everyone to help the country and not have the country do things for them. If the people help the country we can have peace and freedom. And if the people help the country and not fight and harm others we will have peace. Both the speeches talk about freedom but have different meanings and purposes.Like trying to help the allies and then wanting both sides to come together and have freedom. But both the speeches were very good and had a impact in someway.
President Roosevelt in his inaugural speech first realized the importance of his presidency, the speech and the US. He mentioned that the thing the US nation needs to fear is the fear itself. He further mentioned it as unreasoning, nameless and unjustified terror which constraints and paralyze the efforts needed to make retreat (Davis, 2014). The general purpose of the speech was to lead the nation to make advance against all the odds. The specific purpose of this speech was to communicate the agenda of presidency as this was the first speech by the president.
It was on January 20th 1961 that John F Kennedy gave his inaugural address after winning the presidential race and beating future president Richard Nixon. President, John F Kennedy in his speech, The Inaugural Address, he describes his plans for growth in America. Kennedy’s purpose is unite the people of the U.S. and bring everyone together for the good cause of promoting growth in the country. He creates a very inspirational tone in order to establish a connection with the U.S. people. In his speech Kennedy really used several rhetorical strategies of persuasion to motivate and persuade the U.S. people that they made the right choice in choosing him.
Many great minds have discussed their opinions on freedom and or slavery. During the 1800’s, many people, such as Frederick Douglass, became known as abolitionists, or those who oppose slavery. A major speaking point of these abolitionists were the obligations of freedom. Yet, several years later, there was still the discussion of the obligations of freedom. Two men that discussed this topic and made an everlasting impact were John F. Kennedy as well as Martin Luther King Jr. John F. Kennedy discussed it in his Inaugural Address and King discussed it in his letter, Letter from Birmingham City Jail. In the texts, Letter from Birmingham City Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address the topic of the obligations of freedom is frequently noted.
Roosevelt’s inaugural address focused on the current situation of the nation and he intended to declare war on the Great Depression. He stated a need to move as a nation through his leadership and become a better nation. Roosevelt took a strong stand and proclaimed, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. He looks to the future asking the nation to fulfill their “true destiny” of ministering to themselves and their fellow men.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and President John F. Kennedy (JFK) were both very inspirational people who gave important speeches during their presidency. These men both wrote about their own ideas in each speech they presented. The speech from Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” and Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” both write of their own beliefs of freedom, and their purposes. Although during Roosevelt’s time in 1941 the situation was different from Kennedy’s situation, because Roosevelt was entering WWII and Kennedy was in a cold war.
He tries to raise the spirits of the people by reassuring them that they are safe: “ I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.” In naming what he has done he eases the concerns of the people who are worried about their safety. He promises to use “all measures” within his power including the resources of our military to protect the people. Roosevelt is very emphatic in his promise to protect the country. He wants the American People to understand that they are safe and there is nothing to worry about. He feels that he and the United States Congress are doing everything they can to protect the United States. He drives this home by promising we, “will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.” He promises that this will never happen again which gives the reader even more confidence that they will be safe. By frequently emphasizing his promise FDR tries to assure the vulnerable citizens that they will be ok. He is provides them the relief they are looking for. He then wraps up his speech by informing the people the country has declared war on
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