John F. Kennedy's New Frontier Speech At The Democratic National Convention

John F. Kennedy’s ‘New Frontier’ speech was at the Democratic National Convention, trying to become the presidential nominee for the Democratic party. He accomplished this by trying to gain support from not only democrats, but also republicans. In his “New Frontier” speech he talks about and focuses on the future. He said that “...if we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the future. Today our concern must be with that future, for the world is changing.” (Kennedy, John F. “The New Frontier.” Democratic National Convention.)
In the fifth paragraph of his speech, it says: “Here at home the future is equally revolutionary. The New Deal and the Fair Deal were bold measures for their generations, but now this is a new generation. A technological output and explosion on the farm has led to an output explosion. An urban revolution has overcrowded our schools and cluttered our cities and crowded our slums.” (Kennedy, John F. “The New Frontier.” Democratic National Convention). In this paragraph, he was saying that while the future is revolutionary, the technological advances are far more revolutionary. A technological advancement and revolution on the farm

has led to many things changing, including urban revolution, which is crowding schools, cities, and slums. When he says this, a rhetorical appeal that he uses is plain folk. He uses plain folk by saying that with an urban revolution, it has affected many people, not just people moving to a city.
Next in his speech, he says: “All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power, men who are not bound by the traditions of the past, men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries -- young men who can cast off the old slogans and the old delusions” (Kennedy, John F.

“The New Frontier.” Democratic National Convention). With this, he was saying that men who are younger are getting more power than before. Men who are younger are gaining power, while older men are losing power. He uses a little bit of the rhetorical appeal of fear. People usually fear change or fear people who do not have the same experience. This means that people would fear someone that’s the president who has little political experience than his

competitors.
Later in his speech, he says: “Some would say that those struggles are over, that all the horizons have been explored, that all the battles have been won, that there is no longer an American frontier. But I trust that no one in this assemblage would agree with that statement; for the problems are not all solved and the battles are not all won; and we stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -- the frontier of the 1960’s, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats” (Kennedy, John F. “The New Frontier.” Democratic National Convention). He says this is in hopes of gaining support from everyone in exploring a new frontier. He also says this with the intent of showing that change is the only definite thing. He plays on the use of the patriotic rhetorical appeal. He says that “... for the problems are not all solved and the battles are not all won…” (Kennedy, John F. “The New Frontier.” Democratic National Convention). He would say this to rally support for him by trying to convince everyone that they need to ‘solve all the problems and win all the battles’
John F. Kennedy’s ‘New Frontier’ speech was to convince everyone that change is always going to happen. His speech was also to tell the public about a “New Frontier” that they may not have heard of and gain their support for it. He accomplishes this in a multitude of different ways, including altruism, fear, and patriotism. John F. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” speech was to get people to focus on the future. He was not extremely successful, but not an utmost failure.