Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Barack Obama have both showed to be great and true leaders in their own time. They've had similar burdens and benefits, with the lives of Americans sitting on their shoulders. They both wanted to make America a greater nation and more. Roosevelt and Obama needed to reassure Americans and have the faith of Americans, and what better way to do that than speeches? On January 6, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered an impactful speech to Congress that greatly changed this nation. He looked ahead to a world supported on "four essential human freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The "four freedoms" symbolizes America's war aims and still offers hope to the people because they know they are fighting for freedom. The first two freedoms, of speech and religion, are protected by the First Amendment in the United States Constitution. The other two freedoms are beyond the Constitutional values protected by the U.S. Bill of Rights. Roosevelt additionally included the "freedom from fear" against national aggression before the concept of a United Nations for this protection was visualized or discussed by world leaders and allied nations. Roosevelt's speech was therefore persuasive because of the way he used rhetoric in all of his speeches. He used the power of rhetoric very well by connecting with his audience in a manner that influenced the manner they thought. He did this by using repetition and plenty of emotion in what he is saying. An example of how Roosevelt uses ethos to form a relationship with his audience in his "Four Freedoms" speech is, "That determination of ours..." and when he repeatedly says "we". Roosevelt connects with his audience by pe... ... middle of paper ... ...onomy, high unemployment, all with fear and worry about the future. Both leaders have had to share the benefit- or difficulty- of high expectations, not only from the American public, but from the whole world. A ton has changed since now and 73 years ago; laws have been passed, government has been changed, and each president has their own, different visions. Since his first term, it shows that President Obama has been taking a not-so-different road than Franklin Roosevelt. Obama has been following a couple of Roosevelt examples, and they all end the same way it did for Roosevelt. Victorious or trouble. The current president and former president have/had their goals and wishes, and it has affected us all in some way or another. I believe if they've inspired someone or have fixed a problem, then they've been doing an impressive job with their roles and responsibility.
Franklin Roosevelt’s speech says the following, “Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.” Roosevelt uses words such as “stubbornness”, “incompetence”, and “unscrupulous” to underline the absence of morals in these money changers that have failed the American people. Barack Obama’s speech says the following, “Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.” Obama uses words such as “violence”, “hatred”, and “weakened” to stress the wrongdoing that have been committed by the previous leaders of the country. Both of the presidents use emotive language to illustrate the wrongdoings that have been committed by the previous
Have you ever watched the Presidential Inaugural Address? Well, you should because you can learn what the new president wants to do with the country you are living in. I analyzed Barack Obama and George Washington’s Inaugural Addresses. There were many differences and similarities between Barack Obama and George Washington’s that I will further explain in this essay. One difference was that Obama’s speech was about trust while Washington’s was about the citizens rights for the new nation. One similarity is that both speeches talked about what each person wanted to do as president. Barack Obama and George Washington's Inaugural Addresses made a big impact on the country.
President Roosevelt does a few specific things to be able to establish his credibility as a speaker. Since Roosevelt was the current president, the United States was inclined to listen to him and believe what he was saying. Being the president, the people knew that he was a credible source to receive information from. The president had also been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1920. This shows that he had experience with the United States military services and knew how to handle the Pearl Harbor situation. Roosevelt?s speech is short, but it still utilizes pathos, ethos, and logos and has just enough detail to let the world know what was going on.
Every famous speech uses specific rhetorical devices in order to persuade and convince the intended audience. FDR’s use of ethos, pathos, and logos, successfully triggered the emotions of all U.S. citizens and effectively provoked the idea of America declaring war on the Empire of Japan. Ethos, or the appeal to credibility and ethics, sways others to believe in a certain idea and to participate in the action as a way to further support the idea. FDR explained Japan’s deceitfulness to the US government as they wrote “false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace” (Roosevelt) in a letter delivered to the United States government shortly after the attack.
Roosevelt speech was dictated in his small study on the second floor of the Whitehouse on January 1st, 1941. His speech was founded on the four essential human freedoms; freedom of speech, worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. These freedoms symbolized America’s war aims and gave hope to a war-wearied people as they now knew they were fighting for freedom.
Roosevelt used personification in his speech in different ways such as he personifies his actions while his presidency in using phrases such as “but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn”. Roosevelt described something so that others can understand, he talked about the failure of America during the Great Depression. Roosevelt also talked about his plans in helping America while his presidency, “I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require”. In other words, he is emphasizing a point which it will be consider personification. Franklin D. Roosevelt also used diction in his First Inaugural Address in order to demonstrate his word choices in introducing the New Deal. America was facing severe economic issues during the Great Depression, farmers find no markets for their produce, savings of many years in thousands of families were gone and a host of unemployment citizens were facing the grim problem of existence. Roosevelt wanted actions for citizens and actions were given. Roosevelt give out examples of diction such as “let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance”, Roosevelt repeated his chosen words in some point of the phrase to achieve an artistic effect which is best known as diction. Another rhetorical device that Franklin D. Roosevelt used in his speech was antimetabole. Roosevelt used this rhetorical appeal in his speech in order to demonstrate his actions in helping America. Roosevelt talked about the desperate Americans in need of a change “the nation asks for action, and action now” where the words that Roosevelt claimed for a recover. Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted America achieve after a severe crisis and he put himself in task by putting people to
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.
He brought hope to the people when he promised prompt, and vigorous action, he asserted in his Inaugural Address that, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (The White House). The main drive of Roosevelt's administration was toward a balance of the economic interests for the American people. He believed that he should represent all the people equally. That being the farme...
During Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech a war was occuring over in europe. World War 2 to be exact. Beginning at 1939 to 1945 war was about, with Adolf
Ramsis #53 Mon. 4:00-6:40 History 110 Nobiletti 12/12/13 Four freedoms 11 months before the United States of America would declare war on Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech to the American people known as the “four freedoms” on January 6, 1941.1 The main purpose of this speech was to rally support to enter World War 2, however in order to declare war the United States of America had to abandon the isolationist policies that emerged out of WWI. These four freedoms would establish human rights after the war, but more importantly they would resonate throughout the United States for decades after the war. Some of these freedoms have remained the same, and some of these freedoms have changed throughout the years. We will be looking at three periods and comparing how the freedoms varied from each of the three periods.
People wanted to follow him. He knew what he wanted and they respected that. As he swore into office his presence was known. He lifted his hand above his head (13), as if reaching to the sky. He stood firmly and spoke clearly, adding an extra phrase to everything he repeated, “And so I swear (13).” He often requested extra journalists to be present (13). Everyone knew him and they loved him. Roosevelt was a man of the public, siding with them against big businesses. He had a true understanding of people. The was he addressed them to his own lineage, which was from several different cultures. He was able to relate to people. Even as a cowboy he knew everyone he came into contact with and owned respect. As president he invited Booker T. Washington to dine with him at the white house, this event he published, and everyone knew (14). Roosevelt wanted an audience to prove something to them - and he did. He led the people with ease and wild
During the 20th century many different presidents went in and out of the doors of the White House serving the country the best they could. However, two of these men hold a place in American history as perhaps the greatest leaders that had ever served our country. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are two extraordinary men that symbolize the hope and aspirations of the American people during such a tumultuous time in United States history. Both of these men held leadership qualities like no other, had strong views for America, and held exceptional ideas on foreign policy.
The Orlando Shooting, the tragic event when an ISIS member shot and killed many people at a gay nightclub. A security guard named Omar Mateen, who had pledged allegiance to a terrorist group called ISIS, had entered the night club and opened fired on the people in the club. By the end of the shooting, forty-nine people had lost their lives and fifty-three people were injured. The whole country was shocked and upset about the event that took place on June 12th, 2016. As our nation 's President, Barack Obama had to reassure the country that they would do everything in their power to help the victims, the families of the victims and everyone else. He would do everything in his power to make sure
To sum up, Obama has always been and will always be a great example of how to succeed in spite of difficulties or obstacles. Such a strong personality is worth to be admired. Obama has left me with positive feelings about the
"I Have A Dream" and "Victory Speech" are two amazingly powerful speeches delivered by two big leaders of the American nation: Martin Luther King and Barack Obama. Both of these speeches are united in the hopes of creating a better country and achieving the American dream. The two discourses are an introduction to a change or to an improvement. Although these speeches are fairly similar, their purposes and audience are different.