To begin his speech, Kennedy indirectly exclaims his …show more content…
He uses repetition of words especially those that evoke positive and optimistic feelings. Kennedy is righteous as he claims that if even ‘one German out of four’ is refused the right to be free then Europe will not have ‘lasting peace’. He acknowledges the people of Berlin’s long 18 years of fighting and that they have ‘earned the right to be free’. 18 years isn’t the instant gratification people look for and Kennedy is providing a fast track to receiving the reward of freedom, ‘family’, and ‘peace’. Continuing Kennedy uses ‘defended island of freedom’ to symbolize the solitude of their situation and then expands the prospect of freedom ‘to all mankind’. As he starts to close he uses a comparison of the Berlin wall to the time in U.S. history when there was slavery. He shows that as the President of a nation that suffered from slavery like the people of Berlin he knows about the meaning of freedom. As the United States has passed over the time of slavery, so will Berlin. He uses the United States as an example to show that they do have a