In September 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave a speech at the Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas. Kennedy appeals to the audience using an ethical perspective, logic, and figurative language to gain support for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's program to land humans on the moon. With statistics, Kennedy explains the breathtaking evolution the world has faced as a result of human inventions. The examples he provides are cavemen and how they adapted to use the skin of animals to cover themselves, gravity as Newton had explored the meaning of it, and the printer press,which had come out that year along with other significant items like television and automobiles (1962). This strategy helps the speaker express the concept that …show more content…
Kennedy continues by mentioning how humans are inevitably curious, pushing their search for knowledge. Supporting space travel and the idea of landing humans on the moon would maintain the reputation for a courageous and brave country that many civilians desire. Using repetition, Kennedy uses anaphora multiple times to express the ideas he’s proposing. He first affirms, ''...new ills as it dispels old, new ignorance, new problems, new dangers.'' The speaker also uses ''...the first waves of industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern inventions, and the first wave of nuclear power...''. Kennedy utilizes these phrases to communicate the lack of attention towards the benefits of space travel and the abundant attention and practice of other ideas. This rhetorical strategy helps convey Kennedy’s message that landing humans on the moon with space travel is just as significant and beneficial as other explorations. Kennedy uses morality as he proposes the United States be the first to space travel, not only resulting in endless praise and reward, but also the fulfillment of the Nation’s set of
Kennedy uses an analogy in the fifth and sixth paragraphs; he compares the entire history of man to a single half century “the 50,000 years of man¹s recorded history in a time span of but a half-century.” This analogy creates a sense of urgency and need for the space program, if the world is moving forwards so fast, if America doesn’t reach the moon first someone else will. This sentiment is highlighted by the quote “The exploration of space will go on ahead, whether we join in it or not.” Kennedy constantly piqued the curiosity of the crowd, using the appeal of the unknown. Referring to “the vast stretches of the unknown”. Kennedy also links the moon goal to the fabric of the nation, continually stating “This country was conquered by those who moved forward--and so will space.” And suggesting that failure would be betraying the founding fathers of the nation. Kennedy also uses humour at key stages, to break up the seriousness of the speech. The lines “Why does Rice play Texas” and “I'm the one who is doing all the work, so we just want you to stay cool for a minute.” In the first statement Kennedy is referring to a rival university’s football team, relating the crowd to Kennedy and his goals. The other example of humour is where he was talking about the high temperatures of the sun and only a sentence later tells the audience that they should stay
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.
Throughout his speech he uses ethos to achieve trust in order to gain Americas belief, the second paragraph emphasizes his approach by putting him in a professors shoes when he says, “I appreciate your president having made me an honorable visiting professor. He also uses ethos when he refers to what William Bradford, an English separatist leader agreeing with his philosophy “all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both enterprised and overcome with answerable courage”. Underlining that with patients and togetherness people could overcome their difficulties. Lastly using ethos Kennedy lists how man has improved their quality of living “man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter”. This quote is a known fact letting the audience understand his knowledge proving his theory that great advances can be made such as sending an aircraft to the moon. With the known prior knowledge he can further gain the audiences trust and reassure them to support NASA with sending the aircraft to the
The speech I am mentioning is often referred to as the “We Choose To Go To The Moon” speech. It was roughly 20 minutes long and was delivered in Houston, Texas, at Rice University to students and faculty. He starts his speech by providing the audience with facts about man’s inventions and discoveries, mentioning all the way back to cave men and how they used animal skin as clothing. From there John F. Kennedy moved on in history chronologically to discuss how we learned to write, use a cart with wheels, study religion, create the printing press, and develop the steam engine. He also mentioned television, airplanes, nuclear power, and telephones. He says that we need to move forward, and talks about how space will be the means of the progression of the United States. Kennedy explains that the race to space will go on whether the United States takes part in it or not, and a nation that wants to be a world leader needs to come first in the race, and not be behind. He says that we, as a country, have vowed to fill outer space with instruments of knowledge and understanding, not weapons of mass destruction. He explains how he wishes to e...
Throughout history, there had been various types of accomplishments that made an impact to the nation. Every effect in the past is what sculpted the present time as today. Although the several altercations in the past dealt with several wars that made impacts towards the future, there had been other types of certain events that improved the future. In addition, the United States has always been known as being number one in multiple criteria performed. So it was no surprise when the U.S. decided to launch a mission to moon back in 1961. Nonetheless, John F. Kennedy had been the current president at the time in which he delivered the famous “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech. The type of format he used to deliver his speech was encouraging to his audience. In the “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech John F. Kennedy used anaphora, parallelism, and metonymy to encourage his audience that traveling to the moon was the right thing for the nation.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered one of the most important American speeches after being sworn in as president on January 20, 1961. His inauguration speech was so influential that it seized the nation’s attention, and quotes from it are still clearly remembered by people today. It is considered one of the best speeches ever written and ever delivered. It presents a strong appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos and accomplishes what any speaker strives for – it speaks straight to the heart of the audience and inspires people.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy presents a very authoritative and persuasive inaugural address with a surplus of rhetoric. His speech is full of rhetoric in order to manipulate or sway his audience to his new policies. Kennedy’s objective is to unite the country and he does this through fear, duty, and pride. In order to create unity, Kennedy appeals to fear by revealing one common enemy: nuclear warfare. Nuclear warfare could mean the destruction of many countries, which Kennedy effectively presents to America and the world. Kennedy’s earnest tone push the people to invest in his purpose to provide freedom and peace around the world. He stirs at their emotions by effectively using imagery, which helps create pictures of mass destruction. In
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States of America was the youngest man to ever win the Presidential election at the age of 43. He was a well liked president, known for his youthfulness, high spirits and the commitments he made to the Unites States (O’Brien). During his inaugural speech, he stated that the U.S. would pledge “to convert our good words into good deeds” by forming alliances with the countries that border us. In order to prosper as a nation (“The Avalon”). President Kennedy had several great plans for this country and knew they “will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin” (“The Avalon”). Unfortunately, these plans were not carried out to their full extent because while riding in an open parade car in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot and killed. Kennedy did suffer hard times as far as international affairs go, but he is known for The Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress (“John”).
In order to meet the ideal measure of standards and morals to be a part of the usual social standard, one must be able to meet specific goals to achieve economic success. When these standards are not met, it is called anomie according to Robert Merton. In the documentary Bloods & Crips: Made in America, we see the underlying and outside factors which have provoked African American youth to become involved in gangs and gang related violence. According to Merton, “some social structures exert a definite pressure upon certain persons... to engage in nonconformist conduct,” (672). There are two social structures that are important in order for youth to succeed the normal standard of living which can cause pressure on the individual and cause
As emblematic representatives of their country, U.S. Presidents exercise their beliefs and concepts regularly through the use of eloquence. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected president of the United States in 1960. Kennedy became president during times of great danger and fear for the nation of America, and others around the globe. With Communism being further more popular, and large weapon’s being frequently produced all around the world, the people of America needed a new premier commander. As the youngest elected official to ever govern the White House, Kennedy wanted to show his genuineness as a ruler, and verify that his presidency would lead to great hope and future. The president’s inaugural address allows the president to lay out his
At Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas, John F. Kennedy delivered a speech on September 12, 1962. He did it to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's program to land humans on the Moon. Kennedy uses credibility, faith, appeals to hopes, and appeals to desires to effectively convey the message of the value of space travel and boost the program's reputation. Kennedy credits William Bradford who spoke in 1630 of the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony. He mentions how Bradford said, "that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage."
Ryan Miller Ms. Lang AP Language and Composition 14 April, 2024 Unit 4 FRQ On September 12th, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech. He gave this speech in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s program to bring humans to the moon. Kennedy gave this speech at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas. The purpose of this speech was to persuade the American people as well as the international community to support America’s leadership and contribution to space exploration.
On September 12, 1962 John F. Kennedy gave a speech in hopes that he could gain the support of the audience concerning the new project of launching people onto the moon. Kennedy uses anecdotes, moral lessons, and looks through a historic lens to gain support for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s program. John F. Kennedy used an anecdote on the history of humans. He explained how far the human race had come. He started giving a lot of reasoning as to why humans should be launched to the moon.
The late President John F. Kennedy gave a well-meaning speech on September 12, 1962, at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas, in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's program. Kennedy would amplify his message through the illustration of humanity's achievements, inspiring use of wording, idealistic imagery, and encouraging figurative language, to accomplish the goal of pushing people to stand in support of the race to the moon. Starting off the speech, Kennedy lists multiple examples illustrating the leaps of mankind's marks in history. He goes on to speak on the simple beginnings of man through building, hunting, and basic tools to survive as a species. At first not seeming noteworthy in the grand scheme of things; yet, he quickly leads to the monumental accomplishments of future technology such as electricity and automobiles.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was July 20 1969, the day that reshaped our nation and gave us unparalleled dreams for the future. The impact of the day goes far beyond our pride and nationalism; that day would change space exploration and technology forever. Just like a shooting star, that day would give us a glimpse of hope. A chance to see an event so breathtaking and defying, it would be man’s greatest accomplishment in the 20th century. As millions of people watched from their TV sets, a rush of euphoria came over the nation as Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the moon. It was the first time in the history of mankind that we would step on the surface of another celestial body. John F. Kennedy dared us to dream, he inspired the nation to reach for the moon, to set ourselves apart from the rest of the world. The Space Race was symbolic of many things. Our future as the technically dominate nation was secured in place; just as secure as Old Glory would be, when she was driven down into the soil of the moon. We not only reached the moon, we conquered it as a nation; united.