Rhetorical Analysis Of John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated two days after giving his inaugural address, made a great impact in his few years of being in office. Kennedy, a man of strong words, developed his own sense of style when writing his inaugural address. Just like Kennedy, many other writers have their own style in their works. Every writer uses their own sense of style to fulfill the purpose of their writing.
The first document is John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. He uses parallelism to help keep the reader's attention. He describes the “power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life,” proceeding to describe how he plans to use that power to help free the peoples world. Because he takes the time to describe all this, it makes the readers think that he cares about their opinions and it leaves a good impact. Kennedy speaks about the advancements made in technological warfare and partitions with other countries to set aside unnecessary reasons of aggression before total world annihilation happens due to an accidental or intentional triggering of a nuclear weapon.JFK uses this pathos to help his readers understand just how important this really is. John also speaks to those who will stand alongside the United States. This speech is directed to all people of

the world to know that the United States is going go down in history as the one of the greatest and most revered nations ever in all of humanity.
Eleanor Clift wrote about the inauguration and the future of the United States.

Clift described how things were to be of exact detail and every miniscule object had to be just right for Letita Baldridge, the new social secretary of the White House appointed by Jackie Kennedy. Eleanor wrote about all the people who had much to do with having the inauguration go down as a success, from the entertainers and singers, to the maids and speechwriter, Richard Goodwin, who walked two miles in the snow from the Capital to the White House with neither hat nor coat. She speaks of how things now linger to remind of a time when all was possible and even though Kennedy’s presidency was brief, his impact

endures.
In the third document there is a photo of Kennedy with his right hand raised taking the Oath of Office, the bleachers above lined with men in their General Uniforms, as if signifying strength as a nation, the former leaders of the country surrounding John F. Kennedy as well. Because they were surrounding him, it was like making people think that they trust him to take on the nation. It gave him credibility. In the center of the photo is the Presidential Seal which signifies John F. Kennedy taking office and the duties that come with it. This photo gives people the impression that JFK was the logical person to vote into office. The future holds things no one can predict. The good leadership of those before is the only thing that can steer a nation of youths in the right direction. Today, writers and artists still use many different writing styles to help readers better understand their work.