State Of The Union Address Reflection Paper

My expectations for President Obama’s final State of the Union Address were fairly neutral. I heard that while the speech would have a lot to do with what had been achieved during Obama’s presidency, and I also heard that Obama would put a focus on the importance of gun control. Other than that, I had no idea what I was getting into! As the crowds filed in, I noticed that an announcer would yell when someone particularly notable came in. I didn’t know why the announcer yelled “Mr. Speaker” at the start of each announcement, but I decided to figure that out after the speech. Finally, the announcer loudly proclaimed the entrance of President Obama, and a continuous standing ovation came from the audience as he slowly made his way to the podium.

It glazed over several topics in a short amount of time, and I would’ve much preferred that it went into greater detail with some of the more important topics and achievements. The seemingly endless applause only made it harder for President Obama to say much at a time Also, there wasn’t much about gun control, and I found that to be odd. Especially considering how likely it seemed that he would dedicate a sizeable portion of the speech to that. Instead, it was quickly glazed over like just about all the other achievements. After listing plenty of achievements, and supporting them with data, President Obama began to talk about what could and should be done in the future. He began another quick list of things that should be done. Quoting President Lincoln was an excellent decision, and I think that it led up to the strongest point of the Address. President Obama began to talk in more detail about the change looming over the US, and that we should work with this change instead of fearing it. He went back a few times to listing achievements that were made only because we as Americans were willing to work for the better by changing things. He talked about a large volume of issues that need to be dealt with, and I agree with most of what was said. It was actually a fairly